observance
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Trappist monks, who are officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, live a life of “prayer, silence, study, and manual labor.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
Nichols made the announcement on Sunday during Tulsa's first ever official Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025
Mr. Emhoff’s appearance at the Flight 93 National Memorial Observance Wreath Laying Ceremony means four principal figures from the White House will mark the 22nd anniversary of the attacks in separate places.
From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2023
It has flown political flags, national flags and the flags of private civic organizations — including the Chinese Progressive Association, the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation, Bunker Hill Association and Boston Pride.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2022
There are many others: New England Non-resistance Society, Sabbath Observance Society, etcetera; in fact, the Americans are society mad.
From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick
Vocabulary lists containing observance
The Merchant of Venice
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As You Like It
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1.6: Development of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Religions (Sources 1–8)
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