Observance
Portuguese Meaning
observância
cumprimento
execução
acatamento
hábito
costume
formalidade
English Meaning
- The act or practice of observing or complying with a law, custom, command, or rule.
- The act or custom of keeping or celebrating a holiday or other ritual occasion.
- A customary rite or ceremony.
- The act of watching; observation: "Consider how much intellect was needed in the architect, and how much observance of nature” ( John Ruskin).
- Roman Catholic Church The rule governing a religious order.