solemnize

Example Sentences

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There’s the subgenre focusing on Electoral College math and the architecture of the rites that solemnize the delivery of results.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024

Nine years later, when the United Kingdom allowed same-sex couples to solemnize their marriages in religious ceremonies, Ortega-Medina and his husband married in a Jewish ceremony at West London Synagogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023

Although Mr. Tenzin is not authorized to solemnize a wedding in Colorado, the state allows for self-solemnizing.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2021

The wording he proposed would make clear that the government cannot force a clergy member to solemnize any marriage in violation of the clergy person’s religious beliefs.

From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 2015

We keep the Sabbath, solemnize a marriage, observe an anniversary; we celebrate or observe the Lord's Supper in which believers commemorate the sufferings and death of Christ.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin