Definition of "observance" in English

noun

1. The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.

2. The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion.

3. Observation or the act of watching.

4. (religion) A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church.

   • Thomas Merton was a monk in the Order of Cistertians of the Strict Observance.

5. That which is to be observed.

6. Reverence; homage.