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observātĭo (noun F) : observo
* A watching, observing, observance (class.).
* In gen.: observationi operam dare,Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 5: siderum,Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2.—As a gift or faculty, the power of observation, Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284.
* In partic.
* An office, duty, service (eccl. Lat.): Dei sui et expiationis,Vulg. 2 Esdr. 12, 44: in observationibus sicut fas est,id. 1 Macc. 12, 11.
* Observance: dierum,Gell. 3, 2, 3.
* In partic., circumspection, care, exactness: summa erat observatio in bello movendo,Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36.
* Regard, respect, esteem, reverence (post-class.): religionibus suam observationem reddere,Val. Max. 1, 1, 8: Christianitatis, Cod. Th. 12, 1, 112: divina,ib. 12, 1, 104.
* Display, outward show (eccl. Lat.): non venit regnum Dei cum observatione,Vulg. Luc. 17, 20.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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