solemnizing

verb

present participle of solemnize
as in honoring
formal to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony The priest solemnized their marriage.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solemnizing
  1. honoring
  2. consecrating
  3. celebrating
  4. blessing
  5. praising
  6. sanctifying
  7. commemorating
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  • The annual award recognizes the top high school football player in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties, honoring not only athletic excellence but also leadership, character, academics and sportsmanship.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Jake Reiner is honoring his late dad by lending his voice to one of his final projects.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of honoring
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  • But yesterday, the group defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his approval.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026
  • Under the church’s in-house canon law, consecrating a bishop without papal consent incurs an automatic excommunication for both the people administering the consecration and the bishops receiving it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of consecrating
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  • Leo spent his final morning in Argentina ministering to inmates at a prison where the 1976-1983 military junta held political prisoners and covered up a massacre, before celebrating Mass at the national shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
  • For the next two decades, the festival screened a number of films celebrating LGBTQ+ experiences.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of celebrating
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  • Your favorite masthead has been braving the weather and blessing the couch.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Big up to the D’Angelo family as well for blessing me with the opportunity to be able to have his first step out since his transition.
    — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of blessing
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  • Scott has also been cited in FGA’s materials praising the foundation’s work lobbying Congress for steeper restrictions on Medicaid food assistance.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2026
  • As scrutiny of Huang intensified, Cantor Chairman Brandon Lutnick was publicly praising the chipmaker’s leadership.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of praising
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  • To say that the Union was sacred and the touchstone of democracy was to strengthen slavery by sanctifying the state that protected it.
    — Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
  • But far from celebrating or sanctifying the throwing off of English rule, the story’s shocking ending portrays the patriots as a fiendish mob, and casts doubt on the bedrock American faith in prosperity.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Definition of sanctifying
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  • The coffee shop expects to receive a plaque commemorating its national recognition.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Harry Styles is commemorating his 30-night stint at Madison Square Garden with a meaningful tribute to the city via a special print edition of The Village Voice.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of commemorating
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“Solemnizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solemnizing. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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