Definition of procession

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Procession (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..

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Cavalcade :: Cavalcade (n.) A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade..
Procession :: Procession (n.) An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
Foot :: Foot (n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed..
Pomp :: Pomp (n.) A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
Procession :: Procession (v. t.) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands..
Procession :: Procession (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 Mayor's procession..
Morris :: Morris (n.) A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters..
Cross-week :: Cross-week (n.) Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions..
End :: End (n.) Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence..
Talipot :: Talipot (n.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper..
Splendor :: Splendor (n.) Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
Galilee :: Galilee (n.) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals..
Marshal :: Marshal (n.) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like..
Processionary :: Processionary (a.) Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service..
Baldachin :: Baldachin (n.) A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession..
Station :: Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
Exequy :: Exequy (n.) A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students..
By :: By (adv.) Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by..
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