单词	observance
释义	observanceob‧ser‧vance /əbˈzɜːvəns $ -ɜːr-/ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Veterans Day observances EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Consistency and sincerity are very important in the various observances of the rites, ceremonies, duties, and laws. Figures of religious observance are harder to come by. He said bluntly that he was a great advocate of a proper observance of status and rank. In 1976, it became a monthlong observance. Meticulous observance of constitutional principle is to be tempered by regard for political effectiveness. Now that religious observance was officially discouraged only a few hundred worshippers were present. The Cocopa and the Hopi respectively exemplify extremes of emphasis and of de-emphasis in the observance of funeral rites. word sets WORD SETS► Religion acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► religious · Figures of religious observance are harder to come by.· This information also served as the basis for fixing with exactness the dates of major religious observances such as Easter.· A punctilious attention to prayers and strict religious observance would win their indulgence.· Now that religious observance was officially discouraged only a few hundred worshippers were present.· But the universal character of Amnesty should surely bar the incorporation of any religious observance into its official procedures.· As an adult, John did not follow any religious observances.· She was one of the few members of the artistic community who admitted to religious observance.· The seventeen volumes of his survey provide a remarkable survey not only of poverty but of employment and religious observance in London. ► strict · A punctilious attention to prayers and strict religious observance would win their indulgence.· James embodied strict conservatism in regard to observance of both the moral and the ceremonial law. 1[uncountable] when someone obeys a law or does something because it is part of a religion, custom, or ceremonyobservance of the observance of a peace agreement the strict observance of Islam the Memorial Day observance2[countable] something you do as part of a ceremony, especially a religious ceremony:  religious observances
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