See Also: procession(medicine)
procession(dictionary)
procession(dictionary)

procession (iou)



procession noun & verb. LOE.
[Old & mod. French from Latin processio(n-), from process-: see PROCESS noun, -ION.]
A. noun.
The action of a number of people going along in orderly succession in a formal or ceremonial way, esp. at a ceremony, demonstration, or festivity; a similar movement by boats or vehicles. Chiefly in in procession. LOE.
b. Cricket. A rapid succession of batsmen; a batting collapse. L19.
A number of people, vehicles, etc., going in procession; transf. & fig. a regular succession of things. ME.
W. S. Churchill A procession of wars which had lasted for thirty years. S. Weintraub The procession, from Buckingham Palace..to Westminster Abbey.
a. Chiefly Christian Theology. The action of proceeding from a source, emanation, esp. of the Holy Spirit. Cf. PROCESS noun 7. LME.
b. The action of proceeding or advancing; onward movement, progression, advance. Now rare or obsolete exc. as passing into sense 1. L16.
Ecclesiastical History. A litany, prayer, or office, said or sung in a religious procession. M16.
b. verb.
verb trans. Celebrate (a saint etc.) by a procession; carry (an image etc.) in procession. M16.
verb intrans. Make a procession, go in procession; spec. perambulate boundaries. L16.
verb trans. Go round in procession; spec. (US History) perambulate (a piece of land, a boundary). Also, walk along (a street etc.) in procession. E18.
processioner noun (a) orig., a person going in procession; now spec. (US History) an official responsible for perambulating boundaries; (b) Ecclesiastical = PROCESSIONAL noun 1: LME.
processionist noun a person who goes in a procession E19.
processionize verb intrans. go in procession L18.