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(From Latinsolet andannus — a yearly celebration).
The wordsolemnity is here used to denote the amount of intrinsic or extrinsic pomp with which afeast is celebrated. Intrinsic solemnity arises from the fact that thefeast isprimarium for the entireChurch or for a special place, because in it asaint was born, lived or died; or because hisrelics arehonoured there. Extrinsic solemnity is added byferiatio, by the numbers ofsacred ministers, decorations of the church or adjoining streets, the ringing ofbells, the number ofcandles, costlyvestments, etc. In theRoman MartyrologyEaster Sunday is announced as the solemnity of solemnities; the firstSunday of October, as thesolemnity of the Rosary of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. The termsolemnity is also used incontracts, especiallymatrimony, invotive Masses, invows, and in ecclesiastical trials.
APA citation.Mershman, F.(1912).Solemnity. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14133a.htm
MLA citation.Mershman, Francis."Solemnity."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 14.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1912.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14133a.htm>.
Transcription.This article was transcribed for New Advent by Michael C. Tinkler.
Ecclesiastical approbation.Nihil Obstat. July 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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