different between solemnity vs ritual

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.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• mylonites

English

Alternative forms

• rituall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin adjective r?tu?lis, from noun r?tuum (“rite”), + adjective suffix -?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.t?u.?l/

Adjective

ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)

1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

Derived terms

• ritually

Translations

Noun

ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)

1. rite; a repeated set of actions

Derived terms

• ritualisation, ritualization
• ritualise, ritualize
• ritualist
• ritualistic
• ritually

Translations

Anagrams

• litura

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ritualis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ri.tu?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ritual (masculine and feminine plural rituals)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituals)

1. ritual

Related terms

• ritu

Further reading

• “ritual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ritual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “ritual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ritual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??itu?æ?l]

Noun

ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)

1. ritual

   Synonym: ritus

Declension

References

• “ritual” in Den Danske Ordbog

Ladin

Pronunciation

Adjective

ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)

1. ritual

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)

1. ritual

References

• “ritual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual, definite plural rituala)

1. ritual

References

• “ritual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?twa?/

Adjective

ritual m or f (plural rituais, comparable)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituais)

1. ritual

Romanian

Etymology

From French rituel or Italian rituale.

Noun

ritual n (plural rituali)

1. ritual

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rit?a?l/
• Hyphenation: ri?tu?al

Noun

ritù?l m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. ritual

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri?twal/, [ri?t?wal]

Adjective

ritual (plural rituales)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituales)

1. rite

Derived terms

• ritualismo
• ritualista

Further reading

• “ritual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.