Observance

//əbˈzɝvəns//

Synonyms for "observance" (262 found)

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Strong matches (78)

Related words (131)

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Translations

12 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • обряд noun ((religion) a rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church)
  • спазване noun (practice of complying)
  • съблюдаване noun (practice of complying)
  • тачене noun (the custom of celebrating a holiday)

Czech

1 entries
  • dodržování noun (practice of complying)

Dutch

1 entries
  • feestdag noun (the custom of celebrating a holiday)

French

2 entries
  • observance noun (practice of complying)
  • observance noun (the custom of celebrating a holiday)

German

1 entries
  • Beachtung noun (practice of complying)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌽𐌹 noun (practice of complying)

Irish

1 entries
  • coinneáil noun (practice of complying)

Italian

1 entries
  • giorno festivo noun (the custom of celebrating a holiday)

Sample sentences

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Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

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She was a girl of imposing appearance and winning manners. But this staggered him. If she were such a slave to fashion and observance, she was not the woman for his wife.

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It is a custom more honored in the breach than the observance.

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In the U.S., Veterans Day was originally called “Armistice Day,” to commemorate the end of World War I, but Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance.

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