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Solemn vow
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<p>A solemn vow is a certain vow ("a deliberate and free promise made to God about a possible and better good") taken by an at 18-year-old-plus person after completion of the <a href="/facts/Novitiate/vbJI4MeE">novitiate</a> in a <a href="/facts/Religious_institute/tLQAsGhj">Catholic religious institute</a>. It is solemn insofar as the Church recognizes it as such. </p>