Obs. Forms: 5 solenite, 5–6 solennite, 6 -itye, 7 -ity. [a. OF. solennité (It. solennità), var. of solemnité SOLEMNITY.] Solemnity, formal celebration, etc.
c. 1400. Laud Troy Bk., 2753. He wente to that solennite, The temple and that Ioye to se.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 9091. Priam prestly gert ordan A gret solenite. Ibid., 9094. With Sacrifice & solenite vnto sere goddes.
c. 1475. Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls), VIII. 446. Within whiche solennite he made iiij erles.
1565. Stapleton, trans. Bede’s Hist. Ch. Eng., 182 b. The solennite where of beginneth in the euening of the xiiij. daye.
1595. in Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ., V. 360. Within the Octaves & solennitye of St. Lawrence.
1647. J. Taylor, Lib. Proph., ii. 51. That they should with so great pomp and solennities engage mens perswasions.
So † Solennization [F. solennisation], solemnization. † Solennize v. [F. solenniser, It. solennizzare], to solemnize, to perform. † Solenny adv. [cf. SOLEMNY adv.], solemnly. Obs.
c. 1450. Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.), 71. This is the hyest fest of oure *solennyzacion.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., III. 345. And in this mone … Thy graffyng good hit is to *solennize.
1588. Greene, Perimedes, Wks. (Grosart), VII. 42. The marriage of the Gentlemen was sollenised the next weeke after.
1480. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. V. 315. A Masse of the Holi Goste *solenny sayde and song. Ibid. (1485), 319. The Maire … and commynes, bene sworne all and singlerly solenny on the bocke.
