5.an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms.
主张严格守仪式的人
6.The speaker advocated a less austere observance of the Sabbath.
演讲者倡导放宽安息的严格规定。
7.In course of time old customs and observances tend to fall into neglect.
随着时间的推移, 旧风俗习惯有被忽略的趋势。
8.they proscribed all such practices and observances on pain of death.
他们禁止所有这类风俗习惯,违者处死。
9.(3) observance of the Sabbatic year (Exodus 23:10-11;
(3)谨守安息年(出23:10~11;
10.The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary is it that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally.