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Another word for observance

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Noun

  1. An act of willingly carrying out the wishes of others

    See also:

    resist

  2. The act of observing a day or an event with ceremonies

    See also:

    remember

  3. A formal act or set of acts prescribed by ritual

    See also:

    ritual

  4. The act of noting, observing, or taking into account

    See also:

    see

    knowledge

  5. The act of observing, often for an extended time

    See also:

    see

    awareness

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Another word for observance

Noun

  1. A custom

    See also:

    custom

  2. Attention

    See also:

    attention

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Sentence Examples

  • His observance was not only dead-on, it was disturbing.

  • This observance was maintained from James II.'s coronation to that of George III.

  • Cannibalism seems also to have sometimes been in the nature of a funeral observance, in honour of the deceased, of whom the relatives reverently ate portions.

  • Nothing is more remarkable than their minute care as to observance of rules of procedure.

  • The Babylonian calendars contain explicit directions for the observance of abstention from certain secular acts on certain days which forms a close parallel to the Jewish Sabbatical rules.

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