Word for a public procession

‘PUBLIC PROCESSION’ is a 16 letter
Phrase
starting with P and ending with N

Crossword answers for PUBLIC PROCESSION

Modern parades can be small affairs with little preparation. Participants need only show up and latecomers can jump in at any point.

Other parades require months of preparation and involve multiple committees, the tireless efforts of hundreds of people, miles of crowd-lined streets, and giant floating balloon creatures taller than many buildings.

As a proud resident of Baton Rouge’s venerable, eclectic, delightfully wacky Spanish Town neighborhood, I can report that Saturday’s Mardi Gras parade was conducted with quiet dignity and a sober demeanor among its participants.
Nah, just kidding…
— Smiley Anders, The Advocate, 23 Feb. 2020

Where «Parade» Comes From

Both kinds are typically celebratory, but parades can also be sober or even somber events. The word parade itself has little that’s celebratory about it. It comes to English from French, where it traces back to a Middle French word meaning «to prepare.»

And the original English-language parades did indeed require preparation. When the English started using the word parade in the mid-1600s it referred—as it did and does in French—to a pompous show, an exhibition. (The French have continued to use the word that gave us parade to refer to a pompous show. For public processions they use défilé.) The use was still common in the 19th century:

Emma watched and decided, that with such feelings as were now shewn, it could not be fairly supposed that he had been ever voluntarily absenting himself; that he had not been acting a part, or making a parade of insincere professions….
— Jane Austen, Emma, 1815

He paid his tradesmen punctually, and never met the squire of Caversham without seeming to make a parade of his virtue in that direction.
— Anthony Trollope, The Way We Live Now, 1875

Other Uses of Parade

That meaning of the word doesn’t get much use these days, but another 17th century meaning is still in current (albeit infrequent) use: parade as referring to the ceremonial formation of a body of troops before a superior officer, as in this 19th century example:

The consequence was, that the Major appeared on parade quite trim, fresh, and alert, his well-shaved rosy countenance, as he sate on horseback, giving cheerfulness and confidence to the whole corps.
— William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, 1847-48

But the parade most of us are familiar with is the public procession kind. That meaning of parade also dates back to the 1600s, but evidence suggests that the earliest of the public procession parades were of the sober, non-celebratory variety. By the late 1800s, the word parade was referring more frequently to the kinds of parades we’re most familiar with today:

The youth thought of the village street at home before the arrival of the circus parade on a day in the spring. He remembered how he had stood, a small thrillful boy, prepared to follow the dingy lady upon the white horse, or the band in its faded chariot.
— Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, 1895

Along the way and over the years, parade also developed the meaning of «a long series of people or things that come one after the other,» as in «a parade of visitors»; that use dates to the late 1700s, which makes it only slightly newer than the verb parade—as in «show-offs parading up and down the sidewalk»—which dates to the mid-1700s. Several other meanings of the word exist as well, which you can see at the word’s entry.

We hope the parades you see are mostly of the celebratory variety—and that they involve less of the dingy and faded than Stephen Crane’s.

Translation examples

• публичное шествие
  

noun
Procession is the noun form of the verb process, meaning to proceed in or as if in a procession.

What do you mean by parades?

A parade is a group of people marching in ceremony, celebration, or protest. Parade is also a verb, meaning to walk or march ostentatiously. When your sister first brings home her prom dress, she might parade around the living room after putting it on so everyone can see it.

Is a public procession especially one celebrating a special day or event and including marching bands and floats?

noun. 1A public procession, especially one celebrating a special day or event and including marching bands and floats. ‘The parade will set off from Victoria Square at 2.35 pm to walk through the town centre towards Bolton Parish Church in Churchgate for a service at 3pm. ‘

What is the synonym of procession?

SYNONYMS. parade, march, cavalcade, motorcade, carcade, cortège.

What does Black procession refer to?

Black procession (Polish: Czarna procesja) was a demonstration held by burghers of Polish royal cities in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s capital of Warsaw on 2 December 1789, during the Great Sejm. It vastly contributed to the passage of a belated major urban reform.

What is the word procession?

(Entry 1 of 2) 1a : a group of individuals moving along in an orderly often ceremonial way. b : succession, sequence. 2a : continuous forward movement : progression.

Is a parade a place or a thing?

a place where troops regularly assemble for inspection or display. a continual passing by, as of people, objects, or events: the parade of pedestrians past the office; the parade of the seasons. an ostentatious display: to make a parade of one’s religious beliefs.

What is a parade leader called?

: a person honored as the ceremonial marshal of a parade.

Is parade a place or thing?

What is the closest meaning for parade?

transitive verb. 1 : to cause to maneuver or march : marshal. 2 : promenade. 3 : to exhibit ostentatiously.

What are 2 synonyms for procession?

synonyms for procession

• cortege.
• motorcade.
• succession.
• advance.
• cavalcade.
• process.
• run.
• series.

What is the root word of procession?

The root of procession is the Latin processio, “marching forward.”

What does the procession display?

Procession, in Christianity, organized body of people advancing in formal or ceremonial manner as an element of Christian ritual or as a less official expression of popular piety. Another procession with a long history is that celebrated on Palm Sunday, commemorating the triumphant entrance of Christ into Jerusalem.

Whats does procession mean?

1a : a group of individuals moving along in an orderly often ceremonial way. b : succession, sequence. 2a : continuous forward movement : progression.

Where would you see a procession?

You’re most likely to see a procession during some kind of ceremony, parade, or festival. A line of cars moving together to a cemetery is a funeral procession, and a bunch of parents pushing babies in strollers in a parade are also a procession.

How many people are considered a parade?

Parade means any organized group of 20 people or more marching or in procession, whether on foot, animal, or vehicle, on public property.

Can you talk at parade rest?

When speaking to or being addressed by an NCO of superior rank, stand at parade rest until directed otherwise. When an officer of superior rank enters a room the first Warrior to recognize the officer calls the room to “Attention”, but does not salute. Only salute indoor when reporting to an officer.

What is the oldest parade?

Bristol Fourth of July Parade

What is another name for motorcade?

What is another word for motorcade?

What is another word for precession?

In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for precession, like: nutation, precedence, precedency, precess, doppler effect, fixed-stars, sidereal, obliquity, perihelion and Milankovitch.