observance

Definition

  • noun: the practice of following a custom, rule, law, etc.
  • noun: a customary practice, rite, or ceremony
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: observation, performance, form

Examples

  • The office will be closed in 'observance of' the holiday.

  • strict 'observance of' the law/ban/rule

  • a special holiday 'observance'

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Be not too tame neither Let your own discretion be your tutor Suit the action to the word, the word to the action With this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature For anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing... ...whose end, both at the first and now, (..)
    2015 Hamlet
  • (..) - Is it a custom? - Aye, many it is But to my mind, though I am native here and to the manner born... ...it is a custom more honoured in the breach than the observance - Peace, break thee off - Look, my lord, it comes - Looks it not like the king? -Angels and ministers of grace defend us! (..)
    2015 Hamlet