Sentence examples for social observances from inspiring English sources

It is in their ritual and social observances that their split with traditional Brahmanical Hinduism is most apparent.

(As one etiquette writer of the eighteen-eighties observed, "Not even a saint could, from 'inner consciousness' alone, evolve a conception of the thousand and one social observances of modern fashionable life").

When the young people, these social observances discharged, achieved freedom in a car of Elsie's, it seemed perverse, after the movie or the miniature golf was behind them and they had found a parking place, to have her seated on his left instead of on his right.

Not the smart social observance (Up in the Air) Reitman does so well--and it goes on far too long.

"The particular lyrics in Born This Way may be considered as offensive when viewed against Malaysia's social and religious observances," AMP Radio Networks, the country's top private radio operator, explained to the Associated Press.

In Egypt, social class, religious observance, and the differences between city life and village life lead to enormous divergences of experience among the country's women.

Despite not wanting to offend smokers publically, almost all the participants (community and key informant) voiced support for SF enforcement at all levels and believed a new social norm in observance of SF zones is in order.

The teachings of such men as Basava and Kabir may have been influenced by Muslim observances and social customs.

According to Momen, despite considerable differences in the principles of jurisprudence between Shia and the four Sunni schools of law, there are fewer differences in the practical application of jurisprudence to ritual observances and social transactions.

It is the appropriate balance of study, faith, personal observance and social justice that makes Judaism so relevant to millions of Americans.

In 2004, when asked what best defined their Jewish identity, as many chose "social justice" as chose "religious observance" and "support for Israel" combined.