0 the act or process of solemnizing a marriage (= performing the official ceremony):
Can Parliament dictate how the celebration or the solemnization of marriage will be done?
The principal aim of the ritual is the solemnization of human relationships.
He proposes an immediate solemnization of their marriage vows.
By statutory regulations the entry in the marriage register book made immediately after the ceremony must record the place in which solemnization took place.
For instance, the federal parliament regulates marriage and divorce in general, but the solemnization of marriage is regulated only by the provincial legislatures.
The people pay their obeisance at the shrine, especially after the birth of a child or the solemnization of marriage.
It has no bearing upon religious marriage or its solemnization.
It would have required that all marriages recognized by the state to produce offspring within three years of their solemnization.