Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, May 12th, 2024
the Seventh Sunday after Easter
the Seventh Sunday after Easter
video advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!
Click to donate today!
Bible Dictionaries
Solemn, Solemnity
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Search for
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
SOLEMN, SOLEMNITY . The adj. ‘solemn’ frequently occurs in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , always with assembly or meeting or some such word, and always in its early sense of ‘regular’ or ‘public’ Thus ‘a solemn feast’ means simply ‘a stated feast’; there is no corresponding word in the Hebrew. In the same way ‘solemnity’ means ‘public occasion.’ How much this word, as used in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , differs from its modern meaning, may be seen from Shaks., Midsummer Night’s Dream , v. i. 376:
‘A fortnight hold we this solemnity,
In nightly revels and new jollity.’
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Solemn, Solemnity'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​s/solemn-solemnity.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Solemn, Solemnity'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​s/solemn-solemnity.html. 1909.