Crossword-Solution: OBSERVANCE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Observance | n. | The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties. |
| Observance | n. | An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom. |
| Observance | n. | Servile attention; sycophancy. |
We have 63 clues for the answer “OBSERVANCE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Ceremonial celebration | 1 answer |
| Celebration of a holiday | 1 answer |
| Orthodoxy | 8 answers |
| Liturgy | 8 answers |
| towing the line | 9 answers |
| social adjustment | 11 answers |
| "____ keeping | 16 answers |
| Rite | 16 answers |
| compatibility | 16 answers |
| sociability | 20 answers |
| Vigilance | 25 answers |
| Adherence | 25 answers |
| outlining | 28 answers |
| provisionary | 28 answers |
| prevision | 28 answers |
| outfitted | 29 answers |
| tradition | 30 answers |
| Devoutness | 31 answers |
| Conception | 31 answers |
| Perceiving. | 31 answers |
| Perceptiveness | 31 answers |
| Plotting | 32 answers |
| studying | 33 answers |
| providence | 34 answers |
| Lookout | 40 answers |
| safe conduct | 41 answers |
| devising | 43 answers |
| Perspicacity | 43 answers |
| CUSTOM ___ | 43 answers |
| compliance | 44 answers |
| anticipation | 46 answers |
| preservation | 46 answers |
| presentiment | 47 answers |
| thoughtfulness | 47 answers |
| penetration | 47 answers |
| Loyalty ___. | 48 answers |
| Observation | 49 answers |
| Conformity | 49 answers |
| prescience | 49 answers |
| preventive | 51 answers |
| Maintenance | 51 answers |
| Heed | 51 answers |
| Premonition | 53 answers |
| premeditation | 54 answers |
| findings | 56 answers |
| prediction | 57 answers |
| writ | 57 answers |
| convoy | 60 answers |
| prudence | 61 answers |
| precaution | 62 answers |
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Sentences with OBSERVANCE (5)
The continual observance of this twofold aim creates the charm, and accounts for the universal favor, of the fables of Aesop.
Betwixt that rift and the Thorician rock, The hollow pear-tree and the marble tomb, Midway he sat and loosed his beggar’s weeds; Then calling to his daughters bade them fetch Of running water, both to wash withal And make libation; so they clomb the steep; And in brief space brought what their father bade, Then laved and dressed him with observance due.
Ray was so fussy about the punctilious observance of orders that almost any brakeman would take a chance once in a while, from natural perversity.
Cedric, to whom the name of Alfred was as that of a deity, had treated the sole remaining scion of that great monarch with a degree of observance, such as, perhaps, was in those days scarce paid to an acknowledged princess.
They shook hands and sat down, and Lapham said to his subordinate, "Have a seat;" but young Corey remained standing, watching them in their observance of each other with an amusement which was a little uneasy.
Quotes with OBSERVANCE (3)
For generations, the Gandhi family has been more spiritual than religious. This may seem to be a contradiction, but it is not. The Gandhis have drawn a clear distinction between two terms. Spirituality refers to the aspiration of our true nature, and ultimate realization of the Self. Religion, on the other hand, as in many cases come to mean a dogmatic observance of rituals that one practices at specified times of the day or week.
The discrepancy between the modern observance and the prescriptions of the Rule had struck me ever since the novitiate, and no satisfactory explanation had ever been given to me. People said that man had changed: the weakness of people's health no longer allows us to fast. Was it true?
The most powerful anti-Christian movement is the one that takes over and "radicalizes" the concern for victims in order to paganize it. The powers and principalities want to be “revolutionary” now, and they reproach Christianity for not defending victims with enough ardor. In Christian history they see nothing but persecutions, acts of oppression, inquisitions. This other totalitarianism presents itself as the liberator of humanity. In trying to usurp the place of Christ, the…
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Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2001–2025).