church parade

British  

noun

1. a parade by servicemen or members of a uniformed organization for the purposes of attending religious services

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church parade

He’s very fond of Scarborough—likes the church parade on Sundays, the music on the Spa, and all that kind of thing.

From The Count's Chauffeur by Le Queux, William

On Sunday, the 3rd of June, just as the garrison was returning from church parade, Lieut.-Col.

From Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 by MacDonald, John A. (John Alexander)

Scarborough's ower classy for t' likes o' Mary an' me; it's all reight for bettermy-bodies that likes to dizen theirselves out an' sook cigars on church parade.

From Tales of the Ridings by Vaughan, C.

The flags flying from all the barges pleased her, and the smartness of the ladies made her compare the scene to church parade on a June morning in Hyde Park.

From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles

But that is because of its long association with all sorts of alien things—the necessity of the man—hunt, the pride of the church parade, and the rest of it.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert