observance
Example Sentences
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Equity markets are closed in observance of Good Friday.
From Barron's
Holy Week was no holiday: The grim observances of Good Friday led solemnly though with mounting joy toward the celebration of the Resurrection and the most important observance on the Christian calendar.
But what kind of a Jew, with my waning attachment to ritual observance and insistent questioning of Orthodox belief?
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
