What part of speech is observance?

Observance can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does observance mean?

Definitions

Noun

observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
observance - the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police"
observance - the act of observing; taking a patient look
observance - conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

Examples of observance

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1. noun Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
2. noun She was a girl of imposing appearance and winning manners. But this staggered him. If she were such a slave to fashion and observance, she was not the woman for his wife.
3. noun It is a custom more honored in the breach than the observance.
4. noun In the U.S., Veterans Day was originally called “Armistice Day,” to commemorate the end of World War I, but Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance.
5. noun November 11 each year became a national holiday beginning in 1938, with this year's official observance on Monday since the actual date fell on a weekend this year.
6. noun And this day shall be for a memorial to you; and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord in your generations, with an everlasting observance.
7. noun And you shall observe the feast of the unleavened bread: for in this same day I will bring forth your army out of the land of Egypt, and you shall keep this day in your generations by a perpetual observance.
8. noun Thou shalt keep this observance at the set time from days to days.
9. noun A turban is a piece of cloth-based headwear worn by people in various cultures, often also serving as a religious observance.
Sentence  
noun
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
She was a girl of imposing appearance and winning manners. But this staggered him. If she were such a slave to fashion and observance, she was not the woman for his wife.
It is a custom more honored in the breach than the observance.
In the U.S., Veterans Day was originally called “Armistice Day,” to commemorate the end of World War I, but Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance.
November 11 each year became a national holiday beginning in 1938, with this year's official observance on Monday since the actual date fell on a weekend this year.
And this day shall be for a memorial to you; and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord in your generations, with an everlasting observance.
And you shall observe the feast of the unleavened bread: for in this same day I will bring forth your army out of the land of Egypt, and you shall keep this day in your generations by a perpetual observance.
Thou shalt keep this observance at the set time from days to days.
A turban is a piece of cloth-based headwear worn by people in various cultures, often also serving as a religious observance.

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