Sentence examples for observances that from inspiring English sources

Many 16th and 17th century Puritans rejected the traditional observances that marked medieval life.

The life of the individual is punctuated by observances that mark the notable events of personal existence.

Mozambican society has traditionally revolved around the family and the village, with customs and observances that grow from local rather than national influences.

And then there's the unofficial catalogue of political observances that recognizes darker dates in Lebanon's history, like Feb. 14, 2005, which many Lebanese recall with the same vividness that Americans of a certain generation remember the Kennedy assassination.

William G. Armstrong, a Navy spokesman who is the chief press officer for the observances that have brought 3,500 sailors and marines and 18 warships to the city this year.

This literature originated in the accommodating character of early Indian Sufism, which, well before Kabir, proclaimed that Muslim, Christian, Jew, Zoroastrian, and Hindu were all striving toward the same goal and that the outward observances that kept them apart were false.

This was one of the centres of the Benedictine revival in that country, and Dunstan was able for the first time to observe the strict observance that had seen its rebirth at Cluny at the beginning of the century.

It's George Orwell season again, an observance that may outlast the swallows of San Juan Capistrano.

By Willing Davidson April 9, 2009 It's George Orwell season again, an observance that may outlast the swallows of San Juan Capistrano.

Holy Saturday, also called Easter Vigil, Christian religious observance that ends the Lenten season, falling on the day before Easter Sunday.

Depending on levels of observance, that can mean anything from not going into the office to not carrying and using electricity such as light-switches, smartphones and TVs.