| 单词 | church parade |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschurch parade church parade n. (a) Military (originally and chiefly British) divine service attended as a unit, either in church or on a parade ground, etc. (compulsory in the British Army until 1946); (b) the attendance of the members of a society, etc., as a group at a church service; (c) an assembly of fashionable churchgoers after Sunday morning service, esp. to walk in a public park (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > parade > type of church parade1788 dress parade1808 passing-out parade1955 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > military > [noun] church parade1788 society > faith > worship > church-going > [noun] > parade of the fashionable church parade1884 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > walk or ride taken for display > on Sunday morning church parade1884 1788 T. D. tr. F. von der Trenck Memoirs I. 25 I had been scare three weeks a cadet, when the king called me aside after the church parade. 1877 John Bull 17 Nov. 732/1 The only Branch Union..of which I have seen anything, has been holding monthly special services, or church parades. 1884 County Gentleman 22 Mar. 29/5 On Sunday the Park was again thronged... The church parade was well attended. 1921 M. Hine Torquil's Success (1922) i. 5 The puny mortals strutting forth to Church Parade in all their peacock finery. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xix. 230 To foster community life, many headquarters and regiments..organise a curry lunch one Sunday a month, often after a church parade. 2008 West Briton (Nexis) 28 Sept. 38 At St Wynwallow's family service Rainbow and Brownie girls were on church parade. < as lemmas |
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