1[uncountableU]OBEY when someone obeys a law or does something because it is part of a religion, custom, or ceremony 〔对法律、宗教、风俗或仪式的〕遵守,奉行
observance of
the observance of a peace agreement
对和约的遵守
the strict observance of Islam
对伊斯兰教规的严格遵守
the Memorial Day observance
纪念日的习俗
2[countableC]RR something you do as part of a ceremony, especially a religious ceremony 仪式;〔尤指〕宗教典礼
religious observances
宗教仪式
Examples from the Corpus
observance• Veterans Day observances• Meticulousobservance of constitutionalprinciple is to be tempered by regard for political effectiveness.• In 1976, it became a monthlong observance.• He said bluntly that he was a great advocate of a properobservance of status and rank.• Figures of religious observance are harder to come by.• Now that religious observance was officially discouraged only a few hundred worshippers were present.• The Cocopa and the Hopi respectively exemplifyextremes of emphasis and of de-emphasis in the observance of funeral rites.• Consistency and sincerity are very important in the variousobservances of the rites, ceremonies, duties, and laws.