society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (transitive)] > review (3)
transitive. To inspect in a formal or official manner; to examine in order to give a professional or informed assessment. Obsolete.
to pass in review: (a) transitive (Military) to cause (troops) to march by for inspection; (gen.) to scrutinize, look over; (b) intransitive to give…