solemnize

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There’s the subgenre focusing on Electoral College math and the architecture of the rites that solemnize the delivery of results.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024

Nine years later, when the United Kingdom allowed same-sex couples to solemnize their marriages in religious ceremonies, Ortega-Medina and his husband married in a Jewish ceremony at West London Synagogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023

Although Mr. Tenzin is not authorized to solemnize a wedding in Colorado, the state allows for self-solemnizing.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2021

North Carolina has attempted to accommodate officials like Davis, allowing some register of deeds workers who assemble marriage licenses and magistrates who solemnize civil marriages to recuse themselves.

From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2015

When he intended to keep St. George's day, and solemnize his daughter's marriage with Lord Walden, the Lord pulled him down from the height of all his honours by a sudden and surprizing death.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John