Definitions for procession

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procession pro·ces·sion

Spelling: [pruh-sesh-uh n]

IPA: /prəˈsɛʃ ən/

Procession is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 665 anagrams from letters in procession (ceinooprss).

Definitions for procession

noun

1. the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
2. the line or body of persons or things moving along in such a manner.
3. Ecclesiastical. an office, litany, etc., said or sung in a religious procession.
4. Theology. the emanation of the Holy Spirit from the Father and later, in the Western Church, from the Son: distinguished from the “generation” of the Son and the “unbegottenness” of the Father.
5. the act of coming forth from a source.

verb (used without object)

1. to go in procession.

Origin of procession

before 1150; early Middle English (Old French) Late Latin prōcessiōn- (stem of prōcessiō) a religious procession, literally, a marching on. See process, Examples for procession

This group was far larger, its procession stretching out over two to three city blocks and numbering more than a hundred.

They repeated that several times and before the procession moved on.

That Spain was much in favour there was evident from his place in the procession.

This bell was kept tolling over the whole route of the procession.

The NYPD Emerald Society pipes and drums struck up a slow march and the procession began the journey to the cemetery.

The procession continued on to the Cypress Hill Cemetery, where Ramos was buried the week before.

In consideration of the health of Paralus, the customary evening procession was dispensed with.

One depicts a procession of figures wearing both Mayan and Spanish garb, some holding what appear to be human hearts.

Positively I will not describe wedding-dresses, or a procession to church.

Our superior rank places us in the front row of the procession.