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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act noticing with special attention; a heeding or keeping with care; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties.

2. (n.) An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom.

3. (n.) Servile attention; sycophancy.

Greek

5084. teresis -- a watching, hence imprisonment, a keeping
... a keeping. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: teresis Phonetic Spelling:
(tay'-ray-sis) Short Definition: a prison, observance Definition: a prison ...
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2357. threskos of unc. or. -- religious.
... or. Phonetic Spelling: (thrace'-kos) Short Definition: religious Definition: (refers
probably to a careful observance of religious restrictions), religious ...
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2356. threskeia -- religion
... religion, worshipping. From a derivative of threskos; ceremonial observance -- religion,
worshipping. see GREEK threskos. (threskeia) -- 3 Occurrences. ...
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4521. sabbaton -- the Sabbath, ie the seventh day (of the week)
... Of Hebrew origin (shabbath); the Sabbath (ie Shabbath), or day of weekly repose
from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7677. shabbathon -- sabbath observance, sabbatism
... 7676, 7677. shabbathon. 7678 . sabbath observance, sabbatism. Transliteration:
shabbathon Phonetic Spelling: (shab-baw-thone') Short Definition: rest. ...
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4929. mishmar -- place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch ...
... mishmar. 4930 . place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance.
Transliteration: mishmar Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mawr') Short Definition: guard ...
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8107. shimmur -- a watching, vigil
... be much observed. From shamar; an observance -- X be (much) observed. see HEBREW
shamar. 8106, 8107. shimmur. 8108 . Strong's Numbers.
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4931. mishmereth -- a guard, watch, charge, function
... Observance, ie (abstr.) Duty or (obj.) A usage or party -- charge, keep, or to be
kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch. see HEBREW mishmar. ...
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Library

Sabbath Observance
... THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH SABBATH OBSERVANCE. ... Our passage is particularly concerned
with Nehemiah's efforts to enforce Sabbath observance. ...
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True Sabbath Observance
... VOLUME II: ST. LUKE Chaps. XIII to XXIV TRUE SABBATH OBSERVANCE. 'And He
was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.11. ...
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Whether Observance is a Special virtue, Distinct from Other ...
... OF OBSERVANCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, AND OF ITS PARTS (THREE ARTICLES) Whether
observance is a special virtue, distinct from other virtues? ...
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Of Observance, Considered in Itself, and of Its Parts (Three ...
... OF OBSERVANCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, AND OF ITS PARTS (THREE ARTICLES). ... Under
the head of observance there are three points of inquiry: ...
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Whether it Belongs to Observance to Pay Worship and Honor to those ...
... OF OBSERVANCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, AND OF ITS PARTS (THREE ARTICLES) Whether it
belongs to observance to pay worship and honor to those who are in positions ...
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Whether Observance is a Greater virtue than Piety?
... OF OBSERVANCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, AND OF ITS PARTS (THREE ARTICLES) Whether
observance is a greater virtue than piety? Objection ...
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Of the Observance of Days Connected with Idolatry.
... Chapter XIII."Of the Observance of Days Connected with Idolatry. But why
speak of sacrifices and priesthoods? Of spectacles, moreover ...
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He Enjoins the General Observance of the Lord's Day, and the Day ...
... Book IV. Chapter XVIII."He enjoins the General Observance of the Lord's
Day, and the Day of Preparation. He ordained, too, that ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xviii he enjoins the general.htm

Christ's Observance of the Jewish Worship and Law.
... CHAPTER II. THE PLAN OF CHRIST IN ITS RELATION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT IDEA OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD. Section 53. Christ's Observance of the Jewish Worship and Law. ...
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Of the Observance of one Uniform Rule Throughout the Whole of ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter III. Of the observance of one uniform rule throughout the whole
of Egypt, and of the election of those who are set over the brethren. ...
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Thesaurus

Observance (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act noticing with special attention; a heeding or keeping with care;
as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties. ...
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Sabbatical (1 Occurrence)
... All debts, except those of foreigners, were to be remitted (Deuteronomy 15:1-11).
There is little notice of the observance of this year in Biblical history. ...
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Ten (234 Occurrences)
... The observance of the Sabbath was probably unknown to other nations, though
it may have been already known in the family of Abraham. II. ...
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Eucharist
... by Paul to his account of the Institution, wherein he emphasizes the memorial aspect
and evidential value of the witness the eucharistic observance would give ...
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Supper (17 Occurrences)
... by Paul to his account of the Institution, wherein he emphasizes the memorial aspect
and evidential value of the witness the eucharistic observance would give ...
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Festivals (17 Occurrences)
... There were daily (Leviticus 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great
stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular ...
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Rudiments (5 Occurrences)
... of the Jews. These requirements involved much and protracted difficulty
in their observance; they were "a yoke.... which neither ...
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Commemorate (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To call to remembrance by a special act or observance;
to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by ...
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Trumpets (52 Occurrences)
... Perhaps Psalm 81 was especially written for this feast (compare 81:3). 4. Origin:
Mentions of a special observance of the 1st of Tishri are found also in ...
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Fasts (3 Occurrences)
... Other fasts and feasts no doubt were instituted on similar occasions and received
a local or temporary observance, for example, the Feast of Acra (1 Maccabees ...
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Bible Concordance

Observance (8 Occurrences)

Acts 16:4 As they journeyed on from town to town, they handed to the brethren for their observance the decisions which had been arrived at by the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem.
(WEY RSV)

Acts 21:24 Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.
(See RSV)

Exodus 12:42 It is a night of observance to Jehovah, because of their being brought out from the land of Egypt: that same night is an observance to Jehovah for all the children of Israel in their generations.
(DBY)

Exodus 16:23 He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken,'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.'"
(See NAS)

Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
(See NIV)

Nehemiah 9:29 and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn't listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 20:11 I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Observance

Related Terms

Sabbatical (1 Occurrence)

Ten (234 Occurrences)

Eucharist

Supper (17 Occurrences)

Festivals (17 Occurrences)

Rudiments (5 Occurrences)

Commemorate (2 Occurrences)

Trumpets (52 Occurrences)

Fasts (3 Occurrences)