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observance
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observance
(encz) | observance,dodržování n: Zdeněk Brož |
observance
(encz) | observance,pozorování n: Zdeněk Brož |
observance
(encz) | observance,zachovávání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Observance
(gcide) | Observance \Ob*serv"ance\, n. [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.
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It is a custom
More honored in the breach than the observance.
--Shak.
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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.
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At dances
These young folk kept their observances. --Chaucer.
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Use all the observance of civility. --Shak.
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Some represent to themselves the whole of religion
as consisting in a few easy observances. --Rogers.
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O I that wasted time to tend upon her,
To compass her with sweet observances! --Tennyson.
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3. Servile attention; sycophancy. [Obs.]
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Salads and flesh, such as their haste could get,
Served with observance. --Chapman.
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This is not atheism,
But court observance. --Beau. & Fl.
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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.
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Love rigid honesty,
And strict observance of impartial laws.
--Roscommon.
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observance
(wn) | observance
n 1: the act of observing; taking a patient look [syn:
observation, observance, watching]
2: a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony
commemorating Pearl Harbor" [syn: ceremony, ceremonial,
ceremonial occasion, observance]
3: the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the
notice of the police" [syn: notice, observation,
observance]
4: conformity with law or custom or practice etc. [syn:
honoring, observance] [ant: nonobservance] |
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non-observance
(encz) | non-observance,nedodržení n: Zdeněk Brož |
nonobservance
(encz) | nonobservance,nedodržení n: Zdeněk Brož |
report on the observance of standards and codes
(encz) | Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes, |
Friars of the Strict Observance
(gcide) | Strict \Strict\, a. [Compar. Stricter; superl. Strictest.]
[L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to
strain. See Strain, and cf. Strait, a.]
1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a
strict ligature. --Dryden.
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2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
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3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep
strict watch; to pay strict attention. --Shak.
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It shall be still in strictest measure. --Milton.
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4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact
rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the
Sabbath. "Through the strict senteries." --Milton.
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5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined;
restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
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6. (Bot.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the
shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
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Syn: Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe.
Usage: Strict, Severe. Strict, applied to a person,
denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a
principle or code by which he is bound; severe is
strict with an implication often, but not always, of
harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed
to gentle.
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And rules as strict his labored work confine,
As if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line.
--Pope.
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Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve:
"What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe!"
--Milton.
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The Strict Observance, or {Friars of the Strict
Observance}. (R. C. Ch.) See Observance.
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Inobservance
(gcide) | Inobservance \In`ob*serv"ance\, a. [L. inobservantia : cf. F.
inobservance.]
Lack or neglect of observance. --Bacon.
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Nonobservance
(gcide) | Nonobservance \Non`ob*serv"ance\ (n[o^]n`[o^]b*z[~e]rv"ans), n.
Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
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Observance
(gcide) | Observance \Ob*serv"ance\, n. [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.
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It is a custom
More honored in the breach than the observance.
--Shak.
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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.
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At dances
These young folk kept their observances. --Chaucer.
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Use all the observance of civility. --Shak.
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Some represent to themselves the whole of religion
as consisting in a few easy observances. --Rogers.
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O I that wasted time to tend upon her,
To compass her with sweet observances! --Tennyson.
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3. Servile attention; sycophancy. [Obs.]
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Salads and flesh, such as their haste could get,
Served with observance. --Chapman.
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This is not atheism,
But court observance. --Beau. & Fl.
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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.
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Love rigid honesty,
And strict observance of impartial laws.
--Roscommon.
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The Strict Observance
(gcide) | Strict \Strict\, a. [Compar. Stricter; superl. Strictest.]
[L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to
strain. See Strain, and cf. Strait, a.]
1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a
strict ligature. --Dryden.
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2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
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3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep
strict watch; to pay strict attention. --Shak.
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It shall be still in strictest measure. --Milton.
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4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact
rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the
Sabbath. "Through the strict senteries." --Milton.
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5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined;
restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
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6. (Bot.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the
shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
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Syn: Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe.
Usage: Strict, Severe. Strict, applied to a person,
denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a
principle or code by which he is bound; severe is
strict with an implication often, but not always, of
harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed
to gentle.
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And rules as strict his labored work confine,
As if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line.
--Pope.
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Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve:
"What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe!"
--Milton.
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The Strict Observance, or {Friars of the Strict
Observance}. (R. C. Ch.) See Observance.
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Unobservance
(gcide) | Unobservance \Un`ob*serv"ance\, n.
Want or neglect of observance; inobservance. --Whitlock.
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nonobservance
(wn) | nonobservance
n 1: a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
[ant: honoring, observance] |
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