church parade
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Two Sundays before we left, the most remarkable church parade in the history of the division was held, at which fully fifteen thousand men were present.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George
They had first met in the Park, one May morning, after a church parade.
From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard
Just as the troops were being formed up for a church parade a staff officer came up to Rupert and his fellow aides-de-camp as they were buckling on their swords.
From The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition by Nash, Joseph
He was a pale-faced man, with a slight lisp; and the men despised him because he had not the nerve even to handle them on church parade without priming himself beforehand.
From The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography by Murray, David Christie
On the following Sunday we had our first church parade in the war zone.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George
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