Question

…your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanks-givings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy

Which dictionary definition of parade BEST applies to its use in the sentence below?
A) a pageant
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B) a large, public procession
C) an instance of one thing coming after another
D) a constant series of public acts just for show

Answer 1

I think the answer is D

Answer 2

D) a constant series of public acts just for show

Step-by-step explanation:

If we go for the dictionary definition, we will find that a parade is: "a public procession, especially one celebrating a special day or event and including marching bands and floats". We have to consider that the text says that the parades are fraudulent, hypocritical, and deceptive. Which means that they don't really mean it. They are just for show. The closest definition to it that relates to the dictionary definition is D. A parade in this case is a "march of frauds and deceptions".