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The newest influx is far more traditional in dress and observance than two generations ago.

Orthodox Jews try to live according to Halakha, the vast body of Jewish law, and so practice a stricter form of observance than those who belong to the other Jewish denominations -- Conservative, the next most traditional, followed by Reform and Reconstructionist.

By almost every measure of religiosity — attending worship, reading sacred texts and prayer — evangelical scientists claim higher levels of observance than evangelicals in general.

Rumi's popularity derives in part from the fact that he taught that religion is less a matter of external observance than an intimate personal relationship with God.

I once heard someone say that the definition of ba'al teshuva is keeping a higher level of observance than your parents and by this broad definition we fit the bill.

Conservative - More lenient in observance than Orthodox Judaism, but adherent to the basic values and tradition of the religion.

While early Icelandic Christianity was more lax in its observances than traditional Catholicism, Pietism, a religious movement imported from Denmark in the 18th century, had a marked effect on the island.

Talmud Torah Anshei Emes's membership was mostly made up of Eastern European Jews, who were stricter in their observances than Baith Israel's mostly German-origin membership; to accommodate them, a special all-men section of pews was designated at the front left of the sanctuary.

A point of contention between the AFP and the respondent is the control that prevents the man from going "inside, or in the grounds of, any masjid/mosque, or any other place of observance" other than one particular mosque specified in the order.

The UN's International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is an observance rather than a public holiday.

The notion is that there is a divine being who can be swayed and seduced by displays of stricter-than-thou observance.