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Definition of Observance

1. Noun. The act of observing; taking a patient look.

2. Noun. A formal event performed on a special occasion. "A ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

3. Noun. The act of noticing or paying attention. "He escaped the notice of the police"

4. Noun. Conformity with law or custom or practice etc..

Definition of Observance

1. n. The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties.

Definition of Observance

1. Noun. The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule ¹

2. Noun. The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion ¹

3. Noun. Observation or the act of watching ¹

4. Noun. (religion) A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Observance

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Medical Definition of Observance

1. 1. The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties. "It is a custom More honored in the breach than the observance." (Shak) 2. An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom. "At dances These young folk kept their observances." (Chaucer) "Use all the observance of civility." (Shak) "Some represent to themselves the whole of religion as consisting in a few easy observances." (Rogers) "O I that wasted time to tend upon her, To compass her with sweet observances!" (Tennyson) 3. Servile attention; sycophancy. "Salads and flesh, such as their haste could get, Served with observance." (Chapman) "This is not atheism, But court observance." (Beau. & Fl) Synonym: Observance, Observation. These words are discriminated by the two distinct senses of observe. To observe means (1) to keep strictly, as, to observe a fast day, and hence, observance denotes the keeping or heeding with strictness, (2) to consider attentively, or to remark, and hence, observation denotes either the act of observing, or some remark made as the result thereof. We do not say the observation of Sunday, though the word was formerly so used. The Pharisees were curious in external observances, the astronomers are curious in celestial observations. "Love rigid honesty, And strict observance of impartial laws." (Roscommon) Origin: F.observance, L. Observantia. See Observant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Observance

obsequie obsequience obsequiences obsequies obsequious obsequiously obsequiousness obsequity obsequy observ'd

observabilities observability observable observables observably observance (current term) observances observancy observant observantine

observantly observants observation observation deck observation dome observation post observation station observation tower observational observational constraints

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