observance

  1. Noun.  The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
  2. Noun.  The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.
  3. Noun.  Observation or the act of watching.
  4. Noun.  (religion) A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.

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