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31celebrate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To recognize an occasion] Syn. keep, observe, commemorate, consecrate, hallow, solemnize, sanctify, dedicate, memorialize, mark, honor, proclaim, ritualize, ceremonialize, signalize, mark with a red letter*. Ant. forget*,… …
32solemnise — verb 1. observe or perform with dignity or gravity The King solemnized this day of morning • Syn: ↑solemnize • Derivationally related forms: ↑solemnisation, ↑solemnization (for: ↑solemnize) …
33commemorate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. celebrate, solemnize, observe, keep, memorialize. See record, celebration, memory. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. solemnize, honor, memorialize; see admire 1 , celebrate 1 , remember 1 . See Synonym Study …
34keep — vb 1 Keep, observe, celebrate, solemnize, commemorate are comparable when they mean to pay proper attention or honor to something prescribed, obligatory, or demanded (as by one s nationality, religion, or rank), but they vary widely in their… …
35Same-sex marriage in Alberta — Same sex marriage in Alberta: The province of Alberta began granting marriage licences to same sex couples on July 20, 2005 upon the granting of Royal Assent to the Civil Marriage Act. Alberta has historically been Canada s most conservative… …
36Second Manifesto — The Second Manifesto was a 1904 declaration made by Joseph F. Smith, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, in which Smith confirmed that the church was opposed to plural marriage and set down the principle that those… …
37celebrate — celebrative, adj. celebrator, celebrater, n. celebratory /sel euh breuh tawr ee, tohr ee, seuh leb reuh /, adj. /sel euh brayt /, v., celebrated, celebrating. v.t. 1. to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to …
38Marriage Act 1961 (Australia) — The Marriage Act 1961 is an Act of the Parliament of Australia which governs legal marriage in Australia. It does not deal with the legal dissolution of marriage (divorce). Marriage is a Commonwealth power under section 51(xxi) of the Australian… …
39celebrate — [sel′ə brāt΄] vt. celebrated, celebrating [ME celebraten < L celebratus, pp. of celebrare, to frequent, go in great numbers, honor < celeber, frequented, populous; akin to celer, swift: see HOLD1] 1. to perform (a ritual, ceremony, etc.)… …
40Anglicanism — Part of a series on the Anglican Communion …
