observance

Example Sentences

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But what kind of a Jew, with my waning attachment to ritual observance and insistent questioning of Orthodox belief?

From The Wall Street Journal

The Los Angeles Unified School District said it will continue this year to take the day off that was scheduled in observance of Chávez’s birthday.

From Los Angeles Times

I wish the Christian observance of Lent had the communal dimension Ramadan has, with the breaking of the Muslim fast almost always done together at the mosque, at home or in restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal

South Korea’s stock market was closed for three days last week in observance of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated across much of Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal

The scrupulous observance of parole by released officers in the early months of the Civil War reads like tales of the age of chivalry.

From The Wall Street Journal