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Definition of Observances
1. observance [n] - See also: observance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Observances
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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