All the Spaniards went on shore, and, as the first act, with the Solemnities usual in the new conquests, took formal possession of the country in the name of the king.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
An undistinguished public filled the rest of the space, and listened, in an awed silence, to the opening Solemnities.
"The Woman in Black"
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
I felt like an inadequate boy measured against Solemnities too large for him.
"Adventures In Contentment"
David Grayson AKA: Ray Stannard Baker