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Solemnity

A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.

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Earnestness 76% connected

The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

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Feeling 76% connected

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Sincerity 76% connected

The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.

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Earnestness 76% connected

The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

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Sincerity 76% connected

The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.

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Solemn 74% connected

Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.

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Solemn 74% connected

Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.

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Gravity 92% connected

The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

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Solemness 92% connected

Solemnness.

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Staidness 92% connected

The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or levity.

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Ablution noun · 78% connection

The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.

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Accompaniment noun · 78% connection

A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying…

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Augury noun · 78% connection

A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.

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Awe noun · 78% connection

a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat foo…

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Baptism verb · 78% connection

The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the vi…

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Celebrant noun · 78% connection

One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguis…

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Celebrate verb · 78% connection

To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marri…

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Ceremonial adjective · 78% connection

Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.

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Ceremony noun · 78% connection

Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matter…

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Communion noun · 78% connection

The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to communion; t…

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Devout verb · 78% connection

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religiou…

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Dirge adjective · 78% connection

A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.

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Eucharist noun · 78% connection

The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as…

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Exequy noun · 78% connection

A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.

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Exercise noun · 78% connection

The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.

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Fear noun · 78% connection

a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat foo…

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Funebrial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal.

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Funeral noun · 78% connection

Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.

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