Observance

Definitions

1. The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
   countable, uncountable
2. The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.
   countable, uncountable
3. Observation or the act of watching.
   countable, uncountable
4. A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.
   countable, uncountable
5. That which is to be observed.
   countable, uncountable
6. Reverence; homage.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Thomas Merton was a monk in the Order⟳ of Cistertians of the Strict Observance.”

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