How To Use Observance In A Sentence

The Hindu fakir would sit for days without food or water, or bury himself alive as a kind of spiritual observance, a separation of mind from body.
Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
What did Woodsmall think about this denial of basic human rights on the basis of religious observances?
But the soldier, who, with proper military observance, continued to have his eye and attention fixed on the Emperor, as the prince whom he was bound to answer or to serve, saw none of the hints, which Achilles at length suffered to become so broad, that Zosimus and the Protospathaire exchanged expressive glances, as calling on each other to notice the by-play of the leader of the Varangians. Count Robert of Paris
In 1776 Cagliostro and his wife were in London, where "Cagliostro" became a Freemason, joining a lodge connected with "The Order of Strict Observance," a secret society incorporated with Freemasonry, and which (on the Continent, at least) was concerned largely with occult subjects. Alchemy: Ancient and Modern

Hearing the Lord's voice takes us beyond mere religious profession or formal observances.
There are three traditional focuses for our Lenten observance and they are prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
They extended to religious observance and penance, or expiation, though in the later period there is a tendency to concentrate on what looks more today, in the west, like law.
Harmartolos was a term taken from archery, meaning to miss the target: in this context it simply means someone who does not adhere to the Jewish law or ritual observances—either because he or she has failed to keep the prescribed practices, or because he or she is not Jewish at all14. The Templar Revelation
In the management of its global operations, IBM the world's largest computer maker has been well known for its strict observance of clean business ethics.
Meticulous observance of constitutional principle is to be tempered by regard for political effectiveness.
During the whole of that period the same sacrificial rites were observed as on the first day, and they were expressly admonished that the smallest breach of any of the appointed observances would lead to the certain forfeiture of their lives [Le 8: 35]. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
He ordered the Temple in Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Greek gods and forbade the practice of circumcision, kashrut, and observance of the Sabbath.
In diligently attending council meetings as a civic duty, it should still be a choice whether to attend religious observance. Times, Sunday Times
In an age when so much else has descended into degeneracy, the observance of both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday remains as punctilious as ever.
The Christmas season, with its worship, observances, solemnities, and inhibitions, ends at sunset on Twelfth Night.
The freedom to manifest religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching encompasses a broad range of acts.
Lamas (religious leaders) skilled in rituals perform the necessary religious observances.
Ancestor worship, the chief ritual observance, was directed by local notables.
In any case, human activity was not the only factor in the observances.
The final observance of the day is to carve the names of every woman who broke my heart into my arms and stomach, my senses dulled by the whiskey nog.
The influence of royal wives on their husbands' religious observances suggests the power that women exercised, even within the context of arranged political marriages.
Though his parents had fallen away from strict religious observance, Podhoretz recalls his fervently Orthodox maternal grandfather for whom "613 mitvahs were not enough. J. Weekly
The first recorded Thanksgiving observance was held on June 29, 1671 at Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Some religions give primacy of value to mystical union, some to works of charity, some to justice, and some to ritual observance.
The level of religious attendance reported in the Gallup surveys probably exaggerates the reality, especially in recent decades, when most other surveys show a gradual decline.18 Virtually all experts agree, however, that the period from the late 1940s to the early 1960s was one of exceptional religious observance in America. American Grace
The speaker advocated a less austere observance of the Sabbath.sentence dictionary
And non-observance does not lead to a state of transgression; it brings one back under the jurisdiction of the law.
The Cocopa and the Hopi respectively exemplify extremes of emphasis and of de-emphasis in the observance of funeral rites.
By observances I mean the tiny perceptible changes in the season, the shadows and mist, the leaves and air.
It is, however, probable that dietetical considerations may have influenced Moses in his prohibition of swine's flesh: it is generally believed that its use in hot countries is liable to induce cutaneous disorders; hence in a people liable to leprosy the necessity for the observance of a strict rule. Smith's Bible Dictionary
Strict observance of the existing law should be mandatory and would be all that is required. Times, Sunday Times
A jurisconsult, in his criminal institute, announces that the non-observance of Sundays and holidays is treason against the A Philosophical Dictionary
They had for a long series of years been debarred from the privilege of religious worship, and as there was reason to fear that a continued neglect of divine ordinances would draw down upon them the judgments of offended heaven, they begged permission to go three days 'journey into the desert -- a place of seclusion -- where their sacrificial observances would neither suffer interruption nor give umbrage to the Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The liminal status of a given character is frequently signalled by deviations in his/her observance of everyday communal rituals.
Esclairmonde -- nay, after every glance towards her -- as though it were a blessed thing to have, like her, chosen the better part; he knew she would approve his resort to the home of piety and learning; he was aware that when with Ralf Percy and the other youths of the Court he was ashamed of his own scrupulousness, and tempted to neglect observances that they might call monkish and unmanly; and he was not at all sure that in face of the enemy a panic might not seize him and disgrace him for ever! The Caged Lion
The accord also authorized the creation of a mechanism to monitor the observance of conventions banning biological weapons.
Embrace religious vows, rules and observances and never waver in fulfilling them.
It was pliant and amalgamated easily with local observances, in China with funeral rites, in Tibet with demonolatry. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3
Among the most confrontational figures were ultraconservative scholars, who occasionally threw down the gauntlet in public and denounced colleagues for lax or improper observance of the faith.
JUPITER - Jupiter resident, Cathy Helowicz again received the Proclamation from Governor Charlie Crist for Florida's participation in the observance of Rare Disease Day. Tcpalm.com Stories
There is hope to be had in the clear evidence that the observance of the convert can take the form of personal piety rather than politicised religion. Times, Sunday Times
While one can recognize the pragmatic aspects of rejecting a religious exemption, including the likelihood of every pothead in America claiming Rastafari observance, this still should trouble us that a religious practice can be prohibited even when practitioners are not hurting themselves or one another. Frank Fredericks: Protecting Pastafarians: When Does Religious Freedom Become Ridiculous?
Do we pay close attention to our religious observances to the exclusion of the inner life of our hearts?
an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms.
As a Jewish male Jesus wore the fringed tassels tzitzit on his outer garment, which indicates his strict observance of the mitzvoth or commandments of the Torah or Jewish Law.3 In that sense he is not “liberal” with regard to Jewish observances in any modern sense of the term. The Jesus Dynasty
Everything necessary for daily observance is here: church season prayers, saints' days, canticles, selected psalms, and a 30-day cycle of New Testament readings.
With regard to the observances prescribed before the body is conveyed to the church it may be noted that according to the rubrics prefixed to the title "De exsequiis" in the "Rituale Romanum" a proper interval (debitum temporis intervallum) ought to elapse between the moment of death and the burial, especially where death has occurred unexpectedly, in order that no doubt may remain that life is really extinct. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
Flag Day, annual observance 1 in the United States to celebrate the flag.
Local councils should use their powers to ensure strict observance of laws.
And were a civilized nation engaged with barbarians, who observed no rules even of war, the former must also suspend their observance of them, where they no longer serve to any purpose; and must render every action or recounter as bloody and pernicious as possible to the first aggressors. An Enquiry into the Principles of Morals
The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary is it that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally.
Careful observance of procedural niceties will impede any speedy response to an unfolding massacre.
They are disappointed that they cannot encourage their adult children and grandchildren to get involved, except possibly for special observances, such as Christmas.
And so he did all the observance of the service himself, both the "dirige" at night, and at morn he sang mass. The Age of Fable
Your good Moslem -- and a Moslem is good in those parts who makes a mountain of observances, regarding mole-hills of mere morals not at all -- affects to despise all giaours; but a giaour, like a gipsy, who has no obvious religion of any kind, he ranks below the pig in order of reverence. The Eye of Zeitoon
Programs are screened for scenes that contradict the codes of sexual chastity and religious observance.
True, repeated markings for 'nicht schnell' (not fast) were honoured more in the breach than the observance. Times, Sunday Times
He ordered the Temple in Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Greek gods and forbade the practice of circumcision, kashrut, and observance of the Sabbath.
They were accused of non-observance of the terms of the contract.
In addition, she relates to the chiastic structure of Leviticus 15, behaviors during niddah, niddah observance in order to favor the production of male children, the bizarre “case” of the woman who began to menstruate during intercourse, and immersion for purification. Female Purity (Niddah) Annotated Bibliography.
The frugal virtues of Buddhism and Jainism were rejected and followers were encouraged to reject all religious observances and make the most of life's pleasures!
At such times she was very subdued in gentleness and in observance of Mr. Carlisle's pleasure; subdued to a meekness foreign to her natural mood, and which, generally, to tell the truth, was accompanied by a very unwonted sedateness of spirits also; something very like the sedateness of despair. The Old Helmet
Both Captain and Mrs. Caldwell protested strongly against what they called cant; and they seemed to have called everything cant except an occasional cold reading aloud of the Bible on Sundays, and the bald observance of the church service. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
Certainly, some church observances are thick with sentiment that borders on maudlin.
Columbus is, not for the first observance of the existence of the declination, which is given, for example, upon the map of Andrew Bianca, in 1436, but for the remark which he made on the 13th of September, The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2)
Examples included interethnic cooperation or observance of the rule of law.
Although not religious, Ilan felt compelled to keep some significant religious observances in space to fulfill his dream of uniting the Jewish people and representing our nation.
Canada's central bank can only raise or lower credit rates and cash levels in strict observance of what the US central bank is doing, or else risk utter economic chaos in this country.
The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary is it that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally.
Ceremonial observances, rituals, and other outward forms are its basis; and compliance with them is what it takes as essential to the religious life.
Strict observance of the new regulations could require, for instance, the inappropriate installation of PVC windows.
Paul also showed the folly of hoping to find some saving power in religious observances.
The accord also authorized the creation of a mechanism to monitor the observance of conventions banning biological weapons.
The western world is fed so much arrant nonsense about people who follow differing forms of religious observance and, sadly, it is usually of a highly derogatory nature.
She was one of the few members of the artistic community who admitted to religious observance.
Renewed emphasis on the strict observance of ‘know your customer’ and collateral policies are needed to ensure that lending standards do not slip during boom periods.
The argument can be made that this is a symbolic gesture, appropriate to the government's observance of Women's Day, and that much more meaningful work is being done as part of ongoing programmes.
If a violation of one of those rights and freedoms is the result of a non-observance of the obligation in the enactment of domestic legislation, the responsibility of the State is engaged.
Particular emphasis is placed on not recognizing the holy days or national observances of the infidels.
Another Italian heretical group, the Passagians in Lombardy, based their beliefs on a literal reading of the Old Testament and a strict observance of Mosaic law, including the ritual of circumcision. A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Only one girl's testimony strayed from the area of religious observances and liturgical practices.
Where circumstances are favorable, this proclivity is apt to express itself in a certain servile devotional fervor and a punctilious attention to devout observances; it may perhaps be better characterized as devoutness than as religion. The theory of the leisure class; an economic study of institutions
“I accept thine admonition and beg the Almighty to remove the froward from amongst us and stablish us in His obedience and in the observance of the law and practice of His Prophet, on whom be blessings and peace!” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Some of these observances will seem supererogatory or alien to us; but Newman's key point is that we ‘need not go out of the round of the day’ in order to enter into the divine service that frees us from captivity to our selfish desires.
In diligently attending council meetings as a civic duty, it should still be a choice whether to attend religious observance. Times, Sunday Times
They were accused of non-observance of the terms of the contract.
As long as an accessory is being used for a religious observance, it may not be used for any other purpose, out of respect for God's commandments.
And yet, as it was necessary to appoint a certain day, in order that the people might know when they should assemble, the _Christian church_, (not the apostles,) has up appointed Sunday (the Lord's day) for this purpose; and to this change she was the more inclined and willing, that the people might have an example of Christian _liberty_, and might know that _the observance of neither the Sabbath nor any other day is necessary_. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann
The company holds its people to strict observance of that code.
One of the new pope's primary areas of concern is likely to be what is called Europe's silent apostasy, the sharp decline in Catholic Church attendance and religious observance.
One of the saddest casualties of that process was the effective abolition of the Church's ancient observances of fasting and abstinence.
Here too a large gap soon became apparent between law and actual observance. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
Many new religious observances were designed by the feminist movement in the Church.
How shall the perplexed navigator steer his course when monitors in office accuse him on the one hand of lax precision throughout, and belaud him on the other for careful observance of detail? Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary is it that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally.
As a teenager he was not particularly punctilious in following the observances of his religion.
It said religious observance had changed'beyond all recognition' in the past two generations but policy lagged behind. Times, Sunday Times
There was a laugh among the yeomen who witnessed this pottle-deep potation, so obstreperous as to rouse and disturb the King, who, raising his finger, said angrily, “How, knaves, no respect, no observance?” The Talisman
The Government's actions regarding observance of the law do not escape attention by ordinary people.
Fullness of life is found in a faithful observance of religious rituals.
Was this formulation a scrupulous observance of proprieties or an elegant way of passing the buck?
This does not mean we should reject the specificity of our traditions, our religious texts, holidays, observances or prayers.
The accord also authorized the creation of a mechanism to monitor the observance of conventions banning biological weapons.
To youth, education imparts that knowledge whose ways are usefulness and honor, and by due restraint and subordination, makes individual to intwine with public good in a just observance of laws, comprehending the path of duty. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes
They can be satisfied by ritualistic observance with little meaning, defeating their intended objectives.
Fireworks, red lanterns, dragon dancing, bells chiming… these have been the symbols of the Chinese people's observance of Spring Festival for centuries.
That all our preachifying is a wide departure from the very idea of worship is self-evident, when it is made more than a necessary part of the religious observance of the Lord's Day, and catechising is worth far more than preaching (in the technical sense of the word). ' Life of John Coleridge Patteson
The Government's actions regarding observance of the law do not escape attention by ordinary people.
These medallions will be made at the Perth Mint that guarantees their weight, gold and silver content and strict observance of the limited mintage.
The observances of fetish-worship fade away into the customs and habits of everyday life by gradations, so that in some of the superstitious beliefs, while there may be no formal handling of a fetish amulet containing a spirit nor actual prayer nor sacrifice, nevertheless spiritism is the thought and is more or less consciously held, and consequently the term fetish might perhaps be extended to them. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
The speaker advocated a less austere observance of the sabbath.
Hot cross buns are thought to have cemented their link with Christian observances in the late 14th century at an abbey in England.
The one and only issue for the Church in all the observances of the ceremonial laws of Moses is that they not be regarded as binding.
Equally definite and elaborate are the manifold restrictions on marriage, commensality, occupation, food, ceremonial observances and personal conduct which affect the mutual relations not only between the different castes but also between the innumerable sub-castes into which the higher castes especially have in turns split up. Indian Unrest
Each culture has specific mourning rites and observances that are integrated with Christian beliefs and rituals.
Easter on the fourteenth day of the moon, whatever day of the week that might be, following therein the tradition which he claimed to have derived from St. John the Apostle, came to Rome c. 150 about this very question, but could not be persuaded by Pope Anicetus to relinquish his Quartodeciman observance. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
It was, he went on to show, because they believed that the ills of human society could be cured, _and only cured_, by a proper understanding and a proper observance of the laws of economics that men like his father advocated Free Exchange so strongly and opposed every attempt to disestablish it. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography
But in both places, the observance was both strict and serious. Christianity Today
... of Kate Bernadette Benedict's Here From Away is up: Poet performs acts of devotion in calibrated observance of life. My review ...
Both Islam and the Orthodox Christian tradition require rigorous observance of fasts and food taboos.
-- for these fellows do not only not know or care for the observance of the city ordinance, which certainly is binding on them, but, relying on a fellow-feeling of vulgarity with the mob, resist all attempts made to remove them from the exercise of their most fearful beggary, which is not even tolerated any longer at Naples. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches
Had this decision of the Commissioner's been part of a policy decision about religious observances in the Police Service, in which all religious practices were being considered, and removed, no one could quarrel.
This particular type of palm frond, or lulav, is one of four species of flora that Jews ritualize in their observance of the harvest festival. Danny Groner: The High Price Of Sukkot
He has become something of a stickler for the finer observances of royal protocol.
October's matanza has been called a manifestation of Mixteca folklore syncretized in religious observance, cuisine and dance. A yearly culinary ritual: La matanza
Nevertheless, during a period of religious persecution, most authorities agree that one should not abandon one's religious observances or studies out of fear of detection.
All ancient astrologers placed the greatest significance upon heliacal risings and settings and ancient Mesopotamian astrology was also heavily predisposed to observance of this kind of planetary phenomena.
There's something of a religious observance in all the handling of actual books. The Times Literary Supplement
Her hortatory editorials argued for the observance of a national Thanksgiving holiday, and she encouraged the public to write to their local politicians.
First, the hemorrhage of religious observance characteristic of the long Sixties was stanched and to some extent reversed, at least among better educated young people. American Grace
Take a look at the pictures of Parviz Khan, that mark in the centre of his forehead is there from it rubbing and banging on the floor during the five times a day prayer, it is a sign of religious observance of Islam. Archive 2008-01-01
Speaking of the Fraternity, they also have put up some images of their rogation day observances; here is a sample: Children's Feast of St. Jean Baptist de la Salle and Rogation Day Procession
Roberto Foddai tells a story through his neorealistic images; from one image to the next the tale twists and turns with cinematic style and unyielding observance. Archive 2008-05-01
Where is the proper observance of constitutionalism in that?
Many religions go through ceremonies or observances of rituals to become pure or to be healed.
So the patterns for religious observance, practice and experience supplement those in respect of religious belief. Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings
The Queen is meticulous in her strict observance of the constitution and keeps her role to herself; which does not necessarily mean she has never privately consulted her husband, when she could with propriety do so.
He did indeed go into exile rather than abandon his observance of the papal decree of 1099 condemning the lay investiture of clergy with churches and ecclesiastical offices.
They had some institutions of religious observances, including public prayers and fasts.
During the outbreak in Toronto hospitals, health care workers became infected with the virus despite observance of strict infection control precautions.
The prayer in its present form is not in substance a religious observance, coercive or otherwise and it does not impose any burden on the applicant or any restriction on his exercise of his own beliefs.
Suddenly, one of the borders raises his fingers to Gregor, gesturing his observance of the large bug in his presence.
Reform has also given prominence to the moral commands over the ritual observances.
In 350 AD another Bishop of Rome, Julius I, choose December 25th as the observance of Christmas.
True, the strictures of religious observance are not quite as onerous as they used to be. Times, Sunday Times
The vertical displacement between each successive line reflects generational differences where each successive cohort began its ascent up the life cycle escalator, or in other words, the gradual generational decline in religious observance. American Grace
The company holds its people to strict observance of that code.
The police extended their former role in enforcing religious observance and conventional morality. Fascists and Conservatives
I looked at him, searching for an elusive answer in my head, a witty reply to such careful observance.
I do not watch or take part in any official observances.
As we have seen in Chapter 1 Figure 1.3, adherents to some religious traditions are more ardently religious than others, but once we take those differences in religious observance into account, differences in generosity among religious traditions are modest. American Grace
Each of these nuclei soon gathers a cultus, with the neighbourhood devising elaborate festivities and observances around it.
Religious observance was limited. Times, Sunday Times
At the core of the Sukkot observance is the recitation of Hallel (psalms sung as expressions of exultant thanks), and the shaking of the lulav and etrog (a bundle of plants symbolizing life, abundance and thanks). Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: Expanding Circles Of Thanks
Mahmud called his troops “ghazi,” warriors for the faith, and termed his campaign a “jihad” to defend orthodox Sunni observance against the heresy of Ismaili Shia. The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire �� 18 The Ghaznavids and Seljuqs
To my surprise it was nothing of any importance at all, but simply a copy of the questions and answers in the singular old observance called the Musgrave Ritual. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
This exclusivism, together with their over valuation of external levitical observances, caused the Pharisees to be ranged in opposition to what is known as prophetism, which in both the Old and The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
When they return to their tribes they have to doff European clothes, as, if they didn't, the medicine man would probably attribute the first misfortune that befell to his violation of the customs of his ancestors, which are more honored in the breech cloth than in the observance of pantaloons and paper collars, and a "settling" dose of poison would remove the progressionist. The Liberian Exodus. An Account of Voyage of the First Emigrants in the Bark "Azor," and Their Reception at Monrovia, with a Description of Liberia--Its Customs and Civilization, Romances and Prospects.
For Brendan, salvation is best accomplished through the monastic way, understood as a combination of ascetic practices and liturgical observance.
Firstly he was telling me stories, Bible stories, he was teaching me observances and not just teaching, but we were performing those observances.
It has become the object of a global cult, and the money which it absorbs from the world is a from of practical worship, a daily puja, the ritual observance of its omnipotence.
Catholic morals therefore require faith in revealed truths, of which they are but deductions, logical conclusions; they presuppose, in their observance, the grace of God; and call for a certain strenuosity of life without which nothing meritorious can be effected. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
Here, it was a question of uniformity of liturgical observance, of conformity to what Turgot called ‘the universal custom of holy church’ rather than of Gregorian reform in the sense of attacks on simony and clerical marriage.
He was very demanding with himself and others in monastic observance, but rather than imposing discipline he sought to make people follow it by persuasion , the Pope explained. History
This gave the clergy an excuse to abolish them and replace them with purely Christian observances.
Particular emphasis is placed on not recognizing the holy days or national observances of the infidels.
This particular type of palm frond, or lulav, is one of four species of flora that Jews ritualize in their observance of the harvest festival. Danny Groner: The High Price Of Sukkot
These medallions will be made at the Perth Mint that guarantees their weight, gold and silver content and strict observance of the limited mintage.
The title's meanings remain only provisionally understood, but the term's significance was bound up in notions of learning, the righteousness of tradition, and the scrupulous observance of ritual obligation.
By the word devotee, we understand what Louis XIV. and Moliere did, persons the piety of whom consists in external observances; pious and charitable persons have nothing to do with this class. The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.
Here again, more than the enforcement of strict road regulations, observance of traffic rules by drivers would prevent traffic jams.
True, the strictures of religious observance are not quite as onerous as they used to be. Times, Sunday Times
One way of zooming in on the religious observance of different generations of American youth is to consult evidence from a long-running study of successive cohorts of college freshmen nationwide, conducted annually by researchers at UCLA ever since 1966.14 Every year this massive sample of young people has been asked if they attended religious services at least occasionally in the previous year—that is, their senior year in high school. American Grace
Flouting of convention can provoke conflict which is just as sharp as that caused by non-observance of laws.
Standing by her, eye to eye, he could see the tower in the distance behind her that he had noticed from his last observance.
He repudiated all formal observances of Jewish tradition, however, immersing himself instead in the study of the Greek and Roman classics, which he would later teach in an elite Viennese high school.
Daya Nath believed that mental purity could only be obtained through renunciation of the world, observance of rituals, introspection, and yoga.
Dr Laurence Hemming had to hand an Octavarium showing that in the older tradition, not only were there many minor octaves of universal observance, but there were also octaves for local Churches for their patronal feast and the dedication of the Church. Archive 2009-04-01
They regularly go to church on Sundays and Holy Days, of which there are countless numbers, cross themselves repeatedly when they pass a church or Icon, take the holy communion at stated seasons, rigorously abstain from animal food, not only on Wednesdays and Fridays but also during Lent and the other long fasts, make occasional pilgrimages to the holy shrines and in a word fulfill carefully the ceremonial observance which they suppose necessary for their salvation. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919
What they need from me is a reduction in weight, an increase in overall physical activity, and observance of the correct diet.
His first tenure of office as subprior was interrupted by the exile of the community from Agnetenberg (1429), occasioned by the unpopular observance of the Canons of Windesheim of an interdict laid upon the country by Martin V. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
A finding of an abuse requires, first, a combination of objective circumstances in which, despite formal observance of the conditions laid down by the Community rules, the purpose of those rules has not been achieved.
In diligently attending council meetings as a civic duty, it should still be a choice whether to attend religious observance. Times, Sunday Times
So far, most of the discussion of Lieberman's Jewishness has focused on a particular religious practice: sabbath observance.
As an assumed norm, everybody gets to play with the toys: the crews are inter-racial (and interspecies), the girlz are at large and in charge, devout observance can play a part in a character's life, characters who would be considered disabled in a lower-tech society get to be the heroes. MIND MELD: Keeping Space Opera Relevant [UPDATED]
This abuse of language mirrors the abuse which we make our existence: we have denatured it in removing from it any trace of the sacred, in our blind observance of the dictums of project and work.
What makes these radically minimal images compelling is both their sense of life-narrative conclusiveness - their simplicity's a painstakingly honed decision - and their way of evoking a kind of maturated perspective, one that's satisfied taking stock in the close observance of what's at hand and in no hurry to discover anything more. Riverfront Times | Complete Issue
For if the condition is good, the adiaphoron, too, is good, and its observance is commanded. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Many Asian cultural traditions place emphasis on propriety and the observance of strict moral and social conduct, thus modesty and restrained sexuality are valued.
an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms.
Why were the prayers, sacrifices and observances of these ancient Israelites not pleasing to God?
Others, in Lombardy, advocated a strict observance of Mosaic law. A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Burial practices vary by religious group, but for the most part funeral and burial observances are the responsibility of the deceased's family.
In the last century a complicated system or differencing by bordures was propounded by Stoddart to allow for cadet arms, but although giving a conceptual framework, this has in practice been more honoured in the breach than in the observance.
Minor, against prayers for the dead, veneration of relics, candles in the day-time, the merit of celibacy, the need of fasting, the observance of days, difference in future rewards, the defectibility of the regenerate, and the divine origin of episcopacy. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity
Primitive is grounded upon the supposition that the mind, when it is withdrawn and collected into itself, and not diffused into the organs of the body, hath some extent and latitude of prenotion; which therefore appeareth most in sleep, in ecstasies, and near death, and more rarely in waking apprehensions; and is induced and furthered by those abstinences and observances which make the mind most to consist in itself. The Advancement of Learning
Such observance did not hamper, and may have positively assisted, the efficient professional conduct of operations.
Vayak'hel begins by telling how Moses assembled the people to command them on the observance of Shabbat and the making of the Sanctuary; this act of assembly gives the Parshah its name (vayak'hel means "and he assembled" and is a form of the word kahal, "congregation"). Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Passover 5770 - March 29, 2010 ]
This provides for all religious observances including fasting and Hajj to occur in all seasons during a person's life.

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