different between elegance vs solemnity

English

Etymology

From Middle French élégance, from Latin ?legantia (“exquisiteness; refinement, elegance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.?.??ns/
• Hyphenation: el?e?gance

Noun

elegance (usually uncountable, plural elegances)

1. Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.

2. Restraint and grace of style.

3. The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.

4. (countable, dated) A refinement or luxury.

Related terms

• elegant

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Czech

Noun

elegance f

1. elegance

Related terms

English

Etymology

solemn +? -ity, from Middle English solemnity (“observance of formality and ceremony”), frequently in the phrases in solemnity, with solemnity, which from Old French solemnite, from Latin sollemnit?s, from sollemnis. (Compare solemn.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l?mn?ti/
• Hyphenation: so?lem?ni?ty

Noun

solemnity (countable and uncountable, plural solemnities)

1. The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.

   the solemnity of a funeral

   • The stateliness and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language.

   • 1754, Jonathan Edwards, An Inquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting that Freedom of the Will which is supposed to be Essential to Moral Agency

     These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath.

2. An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
   • April 17, 1707, Francis Atterbury, a sermon

     The forms and solemnities of the last judgment.

3. (Catholicism) A feast day of the highest rank celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or another important saint.
4. (law) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
5. (obsolete) A celebration or festivity.

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• mylonites