SOLEMNISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solemnisation mean? 

• SOLEMNISATION (noun)
  The noun SOLEMNISATION has 1 sense:

1. the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

  Familiarity information: SOLEMNISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLEMNISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

celebration; solemnisation; solemnization

Context example:

the celebration of marriage

Hypernyms ("solemnisation" is a kind of...):

ritual (the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies)

Derivation:

solemnise (perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies)

solemnise (observe or perform with dignity or gravity)

 Context examples 

Tell me, therefore, whether you object to an immediate solemnisation of the marriage.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Indeed, as the period approached, the threat appeared more as a delusion, not to be regarded as worthy to disturb my peace, while the happiness I hoped for in my marriage wore a greater appearance of certainty as the day fixed for its solemnisation drew nearer and I heard it continually spoken of as an occurrence which no accident could possibly prevent.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)