• observancy (obsolete)
• observaunce (obsolete)

From Old French observance, from Latin observantia. Equivalent of observe +‎ -ance.

• (General American) enPR: əb-zûrʹvəns, IPA^(key): /əbˈzɝvəns/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈzɜːvəns/

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• Hyphenation: ob‧ser‧vance

observance (countable and uncountable, plural observances)

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.

• misobservance

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.sɛʁ.vɑ̃s/

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observance f (plural observances)

1. observance

• observable
• observant
• observateur
• observer

• “observance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• “observance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012