Procession Synonyms & Definitions

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• ProcessionDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without.
2. (n.) The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course.
3. (n.) An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
4. (v. i.) To march in procession.
5. (n.) That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayors procession.
6. (v. t.) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands.
7. (v. i.) To honor with a procession.

• ProcessionalDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn.
2. (a.) Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession.
3. (n.) A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions.

• ProcessionalistDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) One who goes or marches in a procession.