Noun:

சிரத்தை (அ) பக்தி பூர்வமான சடங்கு, பவித்திரமான நிலை,

solemnity's Usage Examples:

A comely, fresh-looking old man was conducting the service with that mild solemnity which has so elevating and soothing an effect on the souls of the worshipers.

Unlike the Presbyterian minister, he does not usually add solemnity to the occasion by wearing a shiny lum hat!lum Tao in this book is very poorly executed.

This procrastinator Kutuzov, whose motto was "Patience and Time," this enemy of decisive action, gave battle at Borodino, investing the preparations for it with unparalleled solemnity.

"In spite, however, of its wide diffusion, and the vast number of shrines dedicated to it, the worship of Siva has never assumed a really popular character, especially in northern India, being attended with scarcely any solemnity or display of emotional spirit.

To mark the solemnity of the occasion, the patriarch's name was changed to Abraham, and that of his wife to Sarah.

On his face, besides the look of joyful emotion it had worn yesterday while telling the tale of the merchant who suffered innocently, there was now an expression of quiet solemnity.

The wish was gratified at the risk of the lives of three brave men, and he recognized the solemnity of the occasion by pouring out the water as an offering unto Yahweh.

This month, Bede says, was the same as the mensis paschalis, " when the old festival was observed with the gladness of a new solemnity.

The Prophet himself can hardly have attached any particular meaning to these symbols: they served their purpose if they conveyed an impression of solemnity and enigmatical obscurity.

There are certain deeds and summonses which are privileged in Scots law, the former because they require less solemnity than ordinary deeds, the latter because the ordinary induciae are shortened in their case (see Watson, Law Did.

Scott himself shared Morritt's view that in aiming for solemnity Raeburn had given him a somewhat stolid air.

But the spirit, though adjured with all solemnity, remained obstinately silent; and it soon appeared that a naughty girl of eleven had been amusing herself by making fools of so many philosophers.

Synonyms:

sincerity, solemness, earnestness, staidness, sedateness, serious-mindedness, seriousness,

Antonyms:

insincerity, untruthfulness, frivolous, serious, frivolity,