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You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.
Pope John Paul II

Meaning of "solemn vows" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOLEMN VOWS

solemn vows  [ˈsɒləm vaʊz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOLEMN VOWS

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Solemn vows is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOLEMN VOWS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Solemn vow

In Roman Catholic canon law, a solemn vow is a vow that the Church has recognized as such. Any other vow, public or private, individual or collective, concerned with an action or with abstaining from an action, is a simple vow. In canon law a vow is public only if a legitimate superior accepts it in the name of the Church; all other vows, no matter how much publicity is given to them, are classified as private vows. The vow taken at profession as a member of any religious institute is a public vow, but in recent centuries can be either solemn or simple. There is disagreement among theologians as to whether the distinction between solemn and simple vows derives simply from a decision of the Church to treat them differently or whether, in line with the opinion of Saint Thomas Aquinas, a solemn vow is, antecedently to any decision by the Church, a more strict, perfect and complete consecration to God. Aquinas held that the only vows that could be considered solemn were those made by receiving holy orders or by the profession of the rule of a religious institute.

Definition of solemn vows in the English dictionary

The definition of solemn vows in the dictionary is the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken as a perpetual and more solemn commitment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOLEMN VOWS


arouse
əˈraʊz
bespouse
bɪˈspaʊz
blouse
blaʊz
blowse
blaʊz
bouse
baʊz
bowse
baʊz
browse
braʊz
carouse
kəˈraʊz
Cowes
kaʊz
drowse
draʊz
espouse
ɪˈspaʊz
Laos
laʊz
overblouse
ˈəʊvəˌblaʊz
overbrowse
ˌəʊvəˈbraʊz
rehouse
riːˈhaʊz
rouse
raʊz
smouse
smaʊz
trouse
traʊz
unhouse
ʌnˈhaʊz
vows
vaʊz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOLEMN VOWS

solei
soleless
solely
solemn
Solemn League and Covenant
solemness
solemnification
solemnified
solemnifies
solemnify
solemnisation
solemnise
solemniser
solemnities
solemnity
solemnization
solemnize
solemnizer
solemnly
solemnness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOLEMN VOWS

All Hallows
Allhallows
arrows
baptismal vows
bellows
come to blows
don´t knows
gallows
marriage vows
narrows
Rainbows
shallows
simple vows
sorrows
take vows
the gallows
to take vows
wedding vows
windows
yellows

Synonyms and antonyms of solemn vows in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «solemn vows» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOLEMN VOWS

Find out the translation of solemn vows to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of solemn vows from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «solemn vows» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

庄严的誓言
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

votos solemnes
570 millions of speakers

English

solemn vows
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पवित्र प्रतिज्ञा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوعود الرسمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

торжественные обеты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

votos solenes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুরুতর শপথ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voeux solennels
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersumpah sumpah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

feierlichen Gelübde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厳粛な誓い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엄숙한 서약
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Janji sumpah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lời thề trang trọng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புனிதமான சபதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गंभीर प्रतिज्ञा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Büyük yeminler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

voti solenni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uroczyste śluby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

урочисті обітниці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jurăminte solemne
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίσημη όρκους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plegtige geloftes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

högtidliga löften
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høytidelige løfter
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about solemn vows

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QUOTES WITH «SOLEMN VOWS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word solemn vows.
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Pope John Paul II
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOLEMN VOWS»

Discover the use of solemn vows in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to solemn vows and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rebellion Mysteries: Turncoat, Solemn Vows, Vital Secrets
Upper Canada is on the brink of rebellion and only one man can stop it.
Don Gutteridge, 2012
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Solemn Vows
A search for a man armed with a rifle that hasn’t been shot since the war of 1812 leads to an investigation that takes Marc Edwards from a newspaper office into the mansions of the Family Compact, and even to the local brewery, as the ...
Don Gutteridge, 2011
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The Evolution of a Vow: Obedience as Decision Making in ...
Subsequent papal directives attempted to deal with these problems through the imposition of solemn vows on all women religious, which included strict rules of enclosure and stability. The imposition of solemn vows and the requirement of ...
Judith Schaefer, 2008
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New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law
For example, a religious brother, who is unaware of or mistakes the juridical effects of a solemn vow of poverty and believes he can keep his property, takes solemn vows in a religious institute on the condition, whether explicit or implicit, that ...
John P. Beal, James A. Coriden, Thomas Joseph Green, 2000
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Vows in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
... to the use of the radical maid-; they are usually archaic texts, copies or imperial adaptations of ancient models of rituals or Hattic feasts in which the intervening of hymnic votive parts and finally of solemn vows are expressed by the king'. 5 .
Tony W. Cartledge, 1992
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The Life of the Vows: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 6
ous dispensations and defections, and he calls for “very much greater flexibility” 71 than the two years of novitiate followed by three years of temporary profession that had uniformly preceded solemn vows in the Order. He suggests that an ...
Thomas Merton, Patrick F. O'Connell, 2012
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Greater Glory: Thirty-Seven Years with the Jesuits
Though the first vows after two years were perpetual, that is, permanent and forever, everyone also took final vows, but most pronounced what were called “ simple” vows, while the “professed” took solemn vows. The difference between ...
Stephen Casey, 2007
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Rites of Religious Profession: Pastoral Introduction and ...
Determinative in the shaping of many such communities was the adoption of simple rather than solemn vows by some new orders. The difference between solemn and simple vows was first explained by the 12th century canonist Gratian, who ...
Edward Foley, 1989
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A Pernicious Sort of Woman: Quasi-religious Women and Canon ...
As a consequence of her solemn vows, the professed religious could never put aside her monastic habit. As an apostate religious, she would incur ipso facto excommunication and could be forcibly returned to her monastery where, should she ...
Elizabeth Makowski, 2005
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Concise Description of Islamic Law and Legal Opinions
There are two kinds of solemn vows. The first kind is that which one must abide by and the other one is that which one does not have to abide by. The solemn vow which one must abide by is that in which one commits oneself to do certain ...
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan Ṭūsī, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOLEMN VOWS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term solemn vows is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Game of Thrones' actress Lena Headey, who plays Queen Cersei …
She may play one of the most evil TV mothers, but Game of Thrones star Lena Headey has made some solemn vows to her unborn daughter, reports The ... «New York Daily News, May 15»
2
Pope Francis Appoints SLU Alumnus Bishop of the Diocese of …
... Father Stowe entered the Lady of Consolation Province of the Conventual Franciscans in Mount St. Francis, Indiana, in 1985, professed Solemn Vows in 1992 ... «Saint Louis University, Mar 15»
3
Four 19th Century Nuns, Representing Three Nations and Four …
Then, returning to Pau in 1872, she made her profession of solemn vows. She traveled to Palestine where, in 1875, she founded the first monastery of her Order ... «Patheos, Feb 15»
4
Pope Francis Calls for Prayerful Observance of the Year of …
At the end of novitiate they may be allowed to make temporary vows, perhaps for one or more years, before eventually taking permanent or solemn vows. «The Catholic Key, Nov 14»
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Three monks take solemn vows at Mount Angel Abbey
SAINT BENEDICT — Three junior monks at Mount Angel Abbey last month made their final and solemn profession of vows as Benedictines. Brothers Gregory ... «Catholic Sentinel, Sep 14»
6
Son of Tosa Couple Takes Solemn Vows as Capuchin Friar
Capuchin Friar Michael Joseph (MJ) Groark, son of Michael and Anna of Wauwatosa, has made his solemn perpetual profession of vows as a Capuchin friar, ... «Wauwatosa Now, Aug 14»
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First ordinariate monastery is founded on New Year's Day
The Sisters, formerly members of an Anglican Community in Wantage, Oxfordshire, professed their solemn vows, each placing her hands into those of the leader ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jan 14»
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First ordinariate monastery to be founded on New Year's Day
Ten Sisters, formerly members of the Anglican Community of St Mary the Virgin, Wantage, will profess their solemn vows at a Mass in the convent in Birmingham ... «Catholic Herald Online, Dec 13»
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Mayor Unites Same-Sex Couples After NJ Supreme Court Ruling
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: Solemn vows having been exchanged and official documents signed and witnessed, newlyweds Bob McQueen (right) and Rob ... «Town Topics, Nov 13»
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Nun News for Autumn, 2013
... aside from their new line of soaps, is that Sister Joseph Maria of the Holy Family pronounced her solemn vows in the spring. You can see the slideshow here. «Patheos, Sep 13»

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