Observance

What do we mean by observance?

The act or practice of observing or complying with a law, custom, command, or rule. noun

The act or custom of keeping or celebrating a holiday or other ritual occasion. noun

A customary rite or ceremony. noun

The act of watching; observation. noun

The rule governing a religious order. noun

Attention; perception; heed; observation. noun

Respectful regard or attention; hence, reverence; homage. noun

The act of observing, paying attention to, or following in practice; compliance in practice with the requirements of some law, custom, rule, or injunction; due performance: as, the observance of the sabbath; observance of stipulations; observance of prescribed forms. noun

A custom, rule, or thing to be observed, followed, or kept. noun

A rite or ceremony; an act performed in token of worship, devotion, or respect. noun

Synonyms Observance, Observation. These words start from two different senses of the same root — to pay regard to, and to watch. Observation is watching or notice; observance is keeping, conforming to, or complying with. Observation was formerly used in the sense of observance: as, “the observation of the Sabbath is again commanded” (caption to Ex. xxxi.); “the opinions which he Milton has expressed respecting … the observation of the Sabbath might, we think, have caused more just surprise” (Macaulay, Milton); but this use is now obsolescent. It is desirable that the words should be kept distinct. noun

Form, Rite, etc. See ceremony. noun

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 noun

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. noun

Servile attention; sycophancy. noun

The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule noun

The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion noun

Observation or the act of watching noun

A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church noun

The act of noticing or paying attention noun

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

The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.

Observation or the act of watching.

A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.

That which is to be observed.

Reverence; homage.

Words that are spelled similarly to observance:
observance, observancy, observant, observable, reservance, observances, inobservance, observanda, observants, unobservance, observare.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word observance:
shabbat, sabbath, passover, fasting, kosher, yom, torah, circumcision, judaism, rites, oblast, monastic, liturgical, holidays, rituals, monasteries, easter, feast, rite, observe, accordance, holiday, lent, proclamation, secular, prayer, benedict, calendar, laws, jewish, synagogue, ritual, celebration, orthodox, strict, sunday, bah, prayers, rabbi, friday, customs, holy, anniversary, religious, worship, jews, ceremonies, convent, islam, abbey, biblical, clergy, celebrate, observed, discipline, day, divine, thursday, charter, rule, anglican, birthday, moral, religion, celebrated, congregation, custom, christmas, constitution, spiritual, traditions, islamic, monastery, monday, rules, acts, christianity, belief, reform, practices, varies, fundamental, principles, saturday, faith, hebrew, attendance, tradition, muslim, regulations, awareness, pope.

Words that rhyme with observance:
fervence.

Adjectives that are often used to describe observance:
religious, strict, non, due, proper, faithful, rigid, careful, scrupulous, general, outward, exact, ceremonial, regular, special, better, stricter, mere, traditional, strictest, full, formal, external, annual, rigorous, punctilious, literal, close, christian, torah, universal, meticulous, conscientious, continued, superstitious, correct, monastic, perfect, day, practical, sacred, constant, solemn, daily, punctual, minute, voluntary, pious, devout, liturgical, customary, weekly, ritualistic, perpetual, lax, uniform, mechanical, loyal, compulsory, precise, mutual, respectful, widespread, law, primitive.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective observance:
whereof, day.

Words that sound like observance:
observance, observants, observant, observing, observances, appearance, observes, observers, apparence, subservience, approvance, aberrance, abearance, reservance, observingly, abhorrence, abortions, observe, observed, observer, utterance, abeyance, absorbance, observantly, observator, achievance, abres, abren.