different between solemnity vs amazement

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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Anagrams

• mylonites

English

Etymology

amaze +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??me?z.m?nt/
• Rhymes: -e?zm?nt

Noun

amazement (countable and uncountable, plural amazements)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.
2. (countable, archaic) A particular feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror.
   • 1682, Samuel Willard, The fiery tryal no strange thing, Samuel Sewell, Boston, p. 16,

     Were believers thoroughly persuaded of what God meaneth, by these things, they would not be so liable to those frights and amazements which distract and disturb them.

   • 1791, "Character of the faithful Man," in Aphorisms concerning the Assurance of Faith, W. Young, Philadelphia, p. 60,

     In the midst of ill rumours and amazements, his countenance changeth not.
3. (countable, dated) Something which amazes.
   • 1918, Christopher Morley, "The Urchin at the Zoo," in Mince Pie,

     I believe the Urchin showed more enthusiasm over the stone and the robin than over any of the amazements that succeeded them.

4. (obsolete) Madness, frenzy.

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “amazement”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• amazement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “amazement” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "amazement" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
• "amazement" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)