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Webster 1913 Edition
Procession
1.
The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course.
Bp. Pearson.
That the
procession
of their life might be More equable, majestic, pure, and free.
Trench.
2.
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 Mayor’s procession
.Here comes the townsmen on
procession
. Shakespeare
3.
(Eccl.)
An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without.
Shipley.
4.
pl.
(Eccl.)
An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
Shipley.
Procession of the Holy Ghost
, a theological term applied to the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son, the Eastern Church affirming that the Spirit proceeds from the Father only, and the Western Church that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.
Shipley.
– Procession week
, a name for Rogation week, when processions were made; Cross-week.
Shipley.
Pro-ces′sion
,Verb.
T.
(Law)
To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands.
[Local, U. S. (North Carolina and Tennessee).]
“To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.” Burrill.
Pro-ces′sion
,Verb.
I.
To march in procession.
[R.]
Pro-ces′sion
,Verb.
I.
To honor with a procession.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Procession
PROCES'SION
,Noun.
1.
The act of proceeding or issuing.2.
A train of persons walking, or riding on horseback or in vehicles, in a formal march, or moving with ceremonious solemnity; as a procession of clergy and people in the Romish church; a triumphal procession; a funeral procession. Him all his train
Follow'd in bright procession.
Definition 2024
procession
procession
English
Noun
procession (plural processions)
- The act of progressing or proceeding.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Pearson to this entry?)
- Trench
- That the procession of their life might be / More equable, majestic, pure, and free.
- A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
- a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession
- Shakespeare
- the townsmen on procession
- A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
- (ecclesiastical, obsolete, in the plural) Litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
act of progressing or proceeding
group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
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See also
Verb
procession (third-person singular simple present processions, present participle processioning, simple past and past participle processioned)
- (intransitive) To take part in a procession
- (transitive, dated) To honour with a procession.
- (transitive, law, US, North Carolina and Tennessee) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).
- Burrill
- To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.
- Burrill