parade

An organized display of a group of people, particularly

There is left round about the circuit of the whole quarter, a parallell on all sides some 200, or 250 foote betweene the front of the quarter and the trench, called an Alarme Place, for the souldiers to draw out into Armes, into Parade, or when any Alarme or commotion happens...

And from thir Ivorie Port the Cherubim Forth issuing at th’accustomd hour stood armd To thir night watches in warlike Parade, When Gabriel to his next in power thus spake...

An organized display of a group of people, particularly

They went up with a Parade of 9 or 10 Coaches.

When a procession is exceptionally large it is called a Parade.

An organized display of a group of people, particularly

An organized display of a group of people, particularly

A place reserved for such displays, particularly

Parade, is a Military word, signifying the Place where Troops usually draw together, in order to mount the Guards, or for any other Service.

When Barracks are occupied by Troops, the Yards and Parades are to be swept, rolled, and kept clean by them.

To take part in a parade

... the other three Companies were ordained by foure a clocke afternoone, to parade in the Market place, and afterwards to march to their Post...

Hooper had been detailed to inspect the lines. The company was parading at 0730 hours with their kit-bags piled before the huts.

To take part in a parade

Here it was we made our camp, within plain view of Stirling Castle, whence we could hear the drums beat as some part of the garrison paraded.

No one fights a war in close-order formations any more but officers still love to force their men to parade, coming up with various plausible excuses for their enjoyment of command.

To take part in a parade

After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field.

To take part in a parade

“What a delightful place Bath is,” said Mrs. Allen as they sat down near the great clock, after parading the room till they were tired;

At one o’clock the troops were to come in; at two they were to be marshalled; till four they were to parade the parish; […]

To take part in a parade

The whole family paraded it together.

... it was her favorite amusement to array herself in the faded brocades, and parade up and down before the long mirror, making stately curtsies, and sweeping her train about with a rustle which delighted her ears.

Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses.

...in case the adversary after a finda, going to the parade, discover his brest to caveat...

[The Tutor] should accustom him to make as much as is possible a true Judgment of Men by those Marks which serve best to shew what they are, and give a Prospect into their Inside, which often shews it self in little Things, especially when they are not in Parade, and upon their Guard.