OBSERVANCE

observance

Noun

  1. The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule
  2. The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion
  3. Observation or the act of watching
  4. A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church


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