nonobservance
noun
absence or lack of observance.
nonobservant
-
a word derived from
nonobservance.
Example Sentences
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Margaret, on her own, struggles with religion: Her Christian mother and Jewish father — both nonobservant — have decided to allow Margaret to choose her faith, if she chooses any at all.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
Milton Friedman, who needs no identification, was Jewish by birth but nonobservant.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2021
But break those numbers down, and you’ll notice something strange: A dramatic difference between the devout and the nonobservant.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2015
You can’t do that,” says Mark Bane, a partner and chairman of the Business Restructuring Department at Ropes & Gray, who co-founded Kayama, a nonprofit that encourages nonobservant divorcing Jews to obtain gets.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 8, 2015
He was now a wealthy furrier and a thoroughly nonobservant Jew.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
