Observance vs Reverence - What's the difference?
observance | reverence | Related terms |
The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule
The custom of celebrating a holiday or similar occasion
Observation or the act of watching
(religion) A rule governing a religious order, especially in the Roman Catholic church
Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
* Goldsmith
The state of being revered.
* Francis Bacon
A form of address for some members of the clergy.
That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
* Shakespeare
To show reverence.
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Observance is a related term of reverence.
As nouns the difference between observance and reverence
is that observance is the practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule while reverence is reverence (deep respect).observance
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(wikipedia observance)Alternative forms
* observaunce (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)reverence
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Noun
- Make twenty reverences upon receiving about twopence.
- When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.
- your reverence
- I am forced to lay my reverence by.