堵と列れつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

row of people; lining up side by side

Formal or literary term for people standing in a row or line, often in a ceremonial or organized context. Used as a noun or with する to describe the act of forming such a row.

• 参さん列れつ者しゃが堵と列れつして、式しき典てんの開かい始しを待まっていた。

  The attendees lined up in rows, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

• 沿えん道どうには見けん物ぶつ客きゃくの堵と列れつが続つづいていた。

  Rows of spectators lined the roadside.