Sentence:  By the old-fashioned magnificence of this procession, it might worthily have included his Holiness in person, with a suite of attendant Cardinals, if those sacred dignitaries would kindly have lent their aid to heighten the <WSD>frolic</WSD> of the Carnival. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Gaiety; merriment. (from 1610s)