Definition of Observances

1. Noun. (plural of observance) ¹

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Definition of Observances

1. observance [n] - See also: observance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Observances

obsequience
obsequiences
obsequies
obsequious
obsequiously
obsequiousness
obsequity
obsequy
observ'd
observabilities
observability
observable
observables
observably
observance
observances (current term)
observancy
observant
observantine
observantly
observants
observation
observation deck
observation dome
observation post
observation station
observation tower
observational
observational constraints
observational learning

Literary usage of Observances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions by Thorstein Veblen (1912)
"Without any intention to commend or to deprecate the practices to be spoken of under the head of devout observances, or the spiritual and intellectual ..."

2. Some Roads Towards Peace: A Report to the Trustees of the Endowment on by Charles William Eliot (1913)
"The Maintenance of Religious observances The visitor or tourist who looks casually at many temples and shrines, and watches for a few moments at each the ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Detailed examination leads to the conclusion that festivals of an agricultural character became religious observances, and at the same time the ..."

4. The Gilds and Companies of London by George Unwin (1908)
"CHAPTER XIII RELIGIOUS observances AND THE REFORMATION OUR knowledge of the ... The large place occupied by religious observances in the life of the trade ..."

5. The native races of the Pacific states of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"SPECIAL observances — FIXED FEASTS — SACRIFICE OF SLAVES-- MONTHLY FEASTS ... The Quiches had many festivals and special observances, in some of which the ..."

6. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, T. Arundel Harcourt, Albert Goldschmidt, Walter Mulrea Fisher, William Nemos (1875)
"SPECIAL observances — FIXED FEASTS— SACRIFICE OF SLAVES — MONTHLY FEASTS OF THE ... The Quiches had many festivals and special observances, in some of which ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The domestic observances—many of them probably ancient Aryan family ... As such he has no further need of either mortifications or religious observances; ..."

8. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: Descriptive of Their Manners by B. Mir Hasan 'Ali, Mrs B Mı̄r Ḣasan ʻAlı̄ (1832)
"observances during this month. —Festival of the New Moon.—Superstition of the Natives respecting the influence of the Moon.—Their practices during an ..."

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