solemn ( n silent), solemne, solempne

[O. Fr. solempne (Fr. solennel ), from Lat.solemnem, =yearly, annual, religious, solemn, from sollus entire, complete, and ann us =a year; Sp. solemne; Ital. solenne.] A. As adjective : I. Ord. Lang.: Single, unique; alone in its kind; only; being or acting alone, without another or others. "The offspring of one sole unmade Deity." -Cudworth: Intell. System, p. 370. II. Law : Single, unmarried. "Some others are such as a man cannot make his wife, though he himself be sole and unmarried."- Auliffe : Par ergon. B. As adv.: Alone by itself; singly. sole-corporation, s. [CORPORATION.] sole-tenant, s. [TENANT, 8.] sō-le-a, s. [Lat.=the sole of the foot, a sole.] *1. Ord. Lang.: The under surface of the foot or hoof of an animal. 2. Ichthy.: A genus of Pleuronectide, with about forty species, from the coasts of temperate and tropical seas; absent only from the southern por tion of the southern temperate zone. Some of the species enter or live in fresh water. Eyes on right side, upper in advance of lower; mouth-cleft narrow, twisted to the left side; villiform teeth, on the blind side only. Dorsal commences on snout, distinct from caudal; lateral line straight; scales small and ctenoid. [SOLE.]