English-Thai Dictionary

observance

N กฎ หรือ หลักเกณ ฑ์ ทาง ศาสนา  ระเบียบ ทาง ศาสนา  rule custom kod-rue-rak-ken-tang-sad-sa-na

 

observance

N การ ปฏิบัติตาม  compliance obedience non-observance kan-pa-ti-bud-tam

 

observance

N การ สังเกต  observation kan-sang-ked

 

observance

N พิธีกรรม ทาง ศาสนา  พิธี ฉลอง  พิธีการ ฉลอง ทาง ศาสนา  ceremony pi-te-kam-tang-sad-sa-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBSERVANCE

n.s as z. 1. The act of observing; the act of keeping or adhering to in practice; performance; as the observance of rules, rites, ceremonies or laws.
Love rigid honesty, and strict observance of impartial laws.
2. Respect; ceremonial reverence in practice.
To do observance on the morn of May.
3. Performance of rites, religious ceremonies or external service.
Some represent to themselves the whole of religion as consisting in a few easy observances.
4. Rule of practice; thing to be observed.
5. Observation; attention. [Little used. ]
6. Obedient regard or attention.
Having had experience of his fidelity and observance abroad. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OBSERVANCE

Ob *serv "ance, n. Etym: [F.observance, L. observantia. See Observant. ]

 

1. 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.It is a custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shak.

 

2. 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. At dances These young folk kept their observances. Chaucer. Use all the observance of civility. Shak. Some represent to themselves the whole of religion as consisting in a few easy observances. Rogers. O I that wasted time to tend upon her, To compass her with sweet observances! Tennyson.

 

3. Servile attention; sycophancy. [Obs. ] Salads and flesh, such as their haste could get, Served with observance. Chapman. This is not atheism, But court observance. Beau. & Fl.

 

Syn. -- Observance, Observation. These words are discriminated by the two distinct senses of observe. To observe means (1 ) to keep strictly; as, to observe a fast day, and hence, observance denotes the keeping or heeding with strictness; (2 ) to consider attentively, or to remark; and hence, observation denotes either the act of observing, or some remark made as the result thereof. We do not say the observation of Sunday, though the word was formerly so used. The Pharisees were curious in external observances; the astronomers are curious in celestial observations. Love rigid honesty, And strict observance of impartial laws. Roscommon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

observance

ob serv ance |əbˈzərvəns əbˈzərvəns | ▶noun 1 the action or practice of fulfilling or respecting the requirements of law, morality, or ritual: strict observance of the rules | the decline in religious observance. • (usu. observances ) an act performed for religious or ceremonial reasons: official anniversary observances. • a rule to be followed by a religious order: he drew up a body of monastic observances. • archaic respect; deference. 2 the action of watching or noticing something: the baby's motionless observance of me. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin observantia, from observant- ‘watching, paying attention to, ’ from the verb observare (see observe ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

observance

ob ¦ser |vance |əbˈzəːv (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the practice of observing the requirements of law, morality, or ritual: strict observance of the rules | the decline in religious observance. • [ count noun ] (usu. observances ) an act performed for religious or ceremonial reasons: official anniversary observances. • [ count noun ] a rule to be followed by a religious order: he drew up a body of monastic observances. 2 the action of watching or noticing something: the baby's motionless observance of me. 3 archaic respect; deference: the tramp gave them no observance. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin observantia, from observant- ‘watching, paying attention to ’, from the verb observare (see observe ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

observance

observance noun 1 elders responsible for the correct observance of sacred rites: compliance with, adherence to, accordance with, respect for, observation of, obedience to; keeping of, obeying of, fulfillment of, following of, honoring of; archaic abidance by. ANTONYMS disregard. 2 a Catholic calendar of saints' days and religious observances: rite, ritual, ceremony, ceremonial, celebration, practice, service, office, festival, tradition, custom, convention, formality, form; formal praxis.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

observance

observance noun 1 strict observance of the rules: compliance with, adherence to, conformity to, obedience to, acquiescence in, accordance with, respect for; keeping, obeying, observation, fulfilment of, following, performance, honouring, heeding; archaic abidance by. ANTONYMS disregard. 2 religious observances: rite, ritual, ceremony, ceremonial, celebration, practice, service, office, festival, tradition, custom, convention, usage, habit, formality, form; formal praxis. 3 her baby's motionless observance of me: scrutiny, observation, examination, inspection, watching, viewing, eyeing, looking.

 

French Dictionary

observance

observance n. f. nom féminin Action d ’observer une règle religieuse. : L ’observance du carême.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

observance

ob serv ance /əbzə́ː r v (ə )ns /→observe 名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 U (法 規則の )遵守 , (習慣 伝統などを )守ること ▸ observance of human rights [laws ]人権 [法律 ]を守ること ▸ in observance of A Aを守って .2 C 儀式 , (宗教的 )行事 .3 U C 慣習, 慣例 .4 U 注目, 観察 .