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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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religious
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Figures of religious observance are harder to come by.
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This information also served as the basis for fixing with exactness the dates of major religious observances such as Easter.
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A punctilious attention to prayers and strict religious observance would win their indulgence.
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Now that religious observance was officially discouraged only a few hundred worshippers were present.
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But the universal character of Amnesty should surely bar the incorporation of any religious observance into its official procedures.
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As an adult, John did not follow any religious observances .
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She was one of the few members of the artistic community who admitted to religious observance .
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The seventeen volumes of his survey provide a remarkable survey not only of poverty but of employment and religious observance in London.
strict
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A punctilious attention to prayers and strict religious observance would win their indulgence.
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James embodied strict conservatism in regard to observance of both the moral and the ceremonial law.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Veterans Day observances
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Consistency and sincerity are very important in the various observances of the rites, ceremonies, duties, and laws.
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Figures of religious observance are harder to come by.
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He said bluntly that he was a great advocate of a proper observance of status and rank.
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In 1976, it became a monthlong observance .
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Meticulous observance of constitutional principle is to be tempered by regard for political effectiveness.
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Now that religious observance was officially discouraged only a few hundred worshippers were present.
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The Cocopa and the Hopi respectively exemplify extremes of emphasis and of de-emphasis in the observance of funeral rites.