An assembly of the Deputies afterwards agreed to unite the island to Great Britain, which was performed with the solemnities customary on such occasions.
Christianity understood the power of this feeling, and desired to appropriate it to its own service; it consented, therefore, to establish the solemnities of its worship in the edifices which it had disdained for a long time.
About one o'clock the last night, Whitelocke, coming from the solemnities of the Court, received two packets of letters from England.
About eleven o'clock in the evening, the master of the ceremonies came to bring Whitelocke to the remainder of the solemnities of the marriage.
By chance the old king, Evander, was that day celebrating annual solemnities in honor of Hercules and all the gods.
When the solemnities were ended, all moved towards the city.
But Pallas forbade the solemnities to be interrupted and, seizing a weapon, stepped forward to the river's bank.
During the siege of Orleans, in 1428, he says: "The solemnities and festivities of Christmas gave a short interval of repose.
The holy solemnitiessing Ye shall have a song, as in the The glory of the Lord.
Let the heaven exult with praises-- Let the earth resound with joy; The sacred solemnities sing The glory of the Lord.
Thus have I seen Solemnities linger as Ceremonies, sacred Symbols as idle-Pageants, to the extent of three-hundred years and more after all life and sacredness had evaporated out of them.
Funeral solemnities and enthusiastic orgies did not suit the Dorian character.
Joyous solemnities were inaugurated, and the Empire entered on a wide course of prosperity.
Funeral solemnities were held with great care and pomp, and festivals for the dead were regularly celebrated.
That the demons gave in secret certain obscure instructions in morals, while in public their own solemnities inculcated all wickedness.
Special solemnities among the people of Israel were designated feasts.
Both on the occasion of the solemnities at Sinai and in the land of Moab they are so designated.
At thesolemnities of Sinai, Israel would appear to have recognised the obligation of vowing and swearing to God, as well as that of any other requirement of his law.
Are not the awful vicissitudes of the days of war and death sufficient to arouse us to some realization of the solemnities of eternity?
Amidst the solemnities of His ascension, the Lord reiterated these assurances of a spiritual baptism, saying: "For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Treasure these things up in your hearts, and let the solemnities of eternity rest upon your minds.
We remarked before that he was unable to take part in the solemnities attending the proclamation of his son’s cardinalate; his most ardent wish was now fulfilled, and his life was on the wane.
On the reception at Rome and the solemnities there, see Burcard, p.
The solemnities which characterized the deliberations and conduct of the Government and people of Texas on the deeply interesting questions presented by these resolutions are known to the world.
Some straight imagined that I intended to produce some old musty stories, like the funeral solemnities of Oeolycus the Thessalian or of Amphidamas the Chalcidean, in which they say Homer and Hesiod contended for the prize.
Curious scenes took place at funerals where there was, in times gone by, an unfortunate tendency to join with such solemnities more attention to festal entertainment than was becoming.
This phase of old and happily almost obsolete Scottish intemperance at funeral solemnities must have been peculiarly revolting.
It is here that the Gangor and Dasehra Solemnities are celebrated.
Of these are the spring-time buffalo bull fights treated as solemnities by Indian herdsmen.
When we talk of sacrifice we think of the grave and decent solemnities described in the Bible or in Homer.
But Pallas forbade the solemnities to be interrupted, and seizing a weapon, stepped forward to the river's bank.
And onward they went, with such rapidity that they very soon arrived at Rural Retreat, where they dismounted, and were united with all the solemnities that usually attended such divine operations.
And onward they went, with such rapidity that they very soon arrived at Rural Retreat, where they dismounted, and were united with all the solemnities that usually attend such divine operations.
The young man suddenly disappeared; but he was one of the equestrians that shared in the solemnities of the night, and I again saw him as I took my place in the procession.
Many of the assembled multitude chose to remain until the funeral solemnities were past; some from personal affection for Paralus, others from respect to the son of Pericles.
And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meal offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
By order of the President of the United States the Navy Department will be closed on Wednesday next, the day of the funeral solemnities of the late President of the United States.
Wednesday, the 19th instant, during the funeral solemnities of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States.
All my soul trembled, and my body it seemed Pleaded than such a sight rather to faint To the last silence, and the eery grave Inhabit, and the slow solemnities Of dying faced, content me with my shroud.
I knew where she would be, to see the solemnities of the coronation-day, and directed her attention to every thing that was impending, and particularly to what might be minutely inspected from her place of view.
These venerable solemnities were followed, in the fine season, by many festivals, delightful for us children, which took place in the open air, outside the city.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "solemnities" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
