When finished, it was carried in solemn procession to the church, followed by the whole population, and with such triumph and rejoicing that the quarter where the painter lived took its name from this event.
The celestial image of the Virgin was exposed in solemn procession, but no succour came.
Another sacred object in the construction of which much care was taken was the ship in which the deity was carried in solemn procession.
The New Year's Day was marked by a solemn procession.
The straw man is carried in solemn procession up and down the village and at last is placed upon the oldest apple-tree.
When the fire has burned out, the whole assembly marches in solemn procession to the church, singing hymns.
The burning candle is then carried in solemn procession by the clergy and members of the municipality to the high altar in the cathedral.
The funeral was one of, if not the longest, that was ever seen in the streets of Ottawa, and every man who joined the solemn procession was a genuine mourner for the kind-hearted deceased.
They were women and children, who had marched in solemn procession to the market-place, and now entirely filled it.
They repaired in a solemn procession to the Ettlinger gate, headed by Count Goertz and Baron Dohm; the others followed in pairs, Count Lehrbach, the Austrian ambassador, being the only one who had not joined the procession.
Until the Turks were dispossessed, the Aga proceeded every year in solemn procession to denounce it and hand it over to destruction.
During the festival, the votaries walked in a solemn procession, in which the holy basket of Ceres was carried about in a consecrated cart, the people on all sides shouting Hail, Demeter!
But what was better than all this, the Franciscan monks, on the following day, formed a solemn procession to the church, and public thanksgivings were offered up to the Almighty for Cortes' safe return.
His holiness even ordered a solemn procession and a day of thanksgiving, and sent especial bulls, by which he granted us absolution of our sins, and gave other indulgences to the cloisters and churches.
At Rome, the event was commemorated by a solemn procession of the pope and cardinals to St. Peter's, where high mass was celebrated, and the public rejoicing continued for several days.
The splendour of martial pomp was not wanting; the civic magistrates lent the dignity of their presence to the scene; and all the monks of the district issued forth in solemn procession.
They escorted me in solemn procession to a temple that had been prepared for our accommodation, by laying down red felt carpets and furnishing it with hastily constructed tables, chairs and bedsteads.
The return journey was also a solemn procession, and attended with numerous ceremonies.
The following day mass was said by the papal legate in presence of the king, who afterwards took part in a solemn procession to the church of St. Mary, where the people united with the court in a general thanksgiving.
On the appointed day the magistrates of the principal tribunals, with the corregidor of Granada at their head, went in solemn procession to the Albaicin, the quarter occupied by the Moriscoes.
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