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observancy|əbˈzɜːvənsɪ|
[ad. L. observāntia, or directly f. observant: see -ancy.]
1. The quality of being observant or observing; † the action of observing, observation (obs.).
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 80 Aristotle by observauncy had, much commendeth their flight. 1605Daniel Queen's Arcadia Wks. (1717) 152 Living here under the awful Hand Of Discipline and strict Observancy. 1871Carlyle in Mrs. C.'s Lett. I. 121 Shrewdness, accurate observancy.
2. Respectful or obsequious attention. arch.
1601J. Wheeler Treat. Comm. Ded. A ij b, The dewtifull Observancie, and Promptitude, which the said Companie alwayes shewed towardes your..Fathers seruice. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle vi. 2829 A supple knee, And oyly mouth and much observancie. 1671L. Addison West Barbary 114 To please their husbands, to whom they are taught by their Alcoran to bear a dutiful observancy. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. iv. 939 How bend him To such observancy of beck and call.
†3. Observance of forms, rules, or ceremonies; a rule to be observed. Obs. rare.
1609Daniel Civ. Wars viii. xcvii, Which they enjoy more naturall and free, Than can great Pow'rs, chain'd with Observancy. 1628Venner Baths of Bathe (1650) 261 By his clinical and unnecessary observancies.
4. A house of the Observant order.
1876Browning Pacchiarotto xix. 9 A convent of monks, the Observancy. |