SOLEMNIZED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

solemnized

verb

past tense of solemnize

as in consecrated

formal to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony The priest solemnized their marriage.

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Recent Examples of solemnized The funeral took place in the Cambridge church where her wedding had been solemnized sixteen months earlier. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

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Still, there were only eight African Anglican clergy in Kenya by 1920, and the first Kenyan bishops would not be consecrated until 1955.

— Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
The Vatican declared the group of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide in schism after the SSPX consecrated four bishops in Switzerland without Pope Leo XIV’s approval this month.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026

Definition of consecrated

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Once, Myers celebrated a Knicks win from one side of the prison wall while Hood cheered from the other.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The site says that there are 5,000 sailors on board, and within the last week, the ship celebrated its 200,000th arrest landing in its 34 years.

— Chris Quintana, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of celebrated

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The Thorns honored former player Tobin Heath prior to the match at Portland's Providence Park.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Special honors went to Breaking Bad, Pluribus and Better Call Saul kingpin Vince Gilligan, who received the Eva Monley Award, and veteran location manager and production supervisor Mike Fantasia, who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of honored

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New York will be blessed to have someone so faithful to his truest loves.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
The backstory Once upon a time, there was a Spanish family blessed with a talent for finding historic buildings and transforming them into hotels that anyone who admires beauty and nature would want to visit.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of blessed

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The church has always preached that humans are created in God’s image; by assuming the messy fragility of human form, God’s son sanctified human experience.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Like much of the first half of the episode, before the plane crash, this gala sequence is shot in silky gold colors, as if John and Carolyn had already been sanctified.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026

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