solemnize

juhlistaa puhekieltä To make solemn, or official, through ceremony or legal act.

The couple chose to solemnize their relationship in a secular ceremony, instead of having a wedding.

Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another.

Their choice nobility and flowers (..) / Met from all parts to solemnize this feast.

Wordsworth was solemnized and elevated by this his first look on Yarrow.

Every Israelite (..) arose, solemnized his face, looked towards Jerusalem (..) and prayed.