Definitions for processional

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processional pro·ces·sion·al

Spelling: [pruh-sesh-uh-nl]

IPA: /prəˈsɛʃ ə nl/

Processional is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 2185 anagrams from letters in processional (aceilnooprss).

Definitions for processional

noun

1. a piece of music, as a hymn or slow march, suitable for accompanying a procession.
2. a book containing hymns, litanies, etc., for use in religious processions.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
2. of the nature of a procession; moving in an orderly or regular succession, sequence, or the like.
3. of a style, design, etc., customarily used in processions:
4. sung or played during a procession, as a hymn, march, etc.

Origin of processional

1400-50; (noun) late Middle English: service book Medieval Latin prōcessiōnāle, noun use of neuter of prōcessiōnālis in a procession; (adj.) Medieval Latin prōcessiōnālis; see Examples for processional

The Norman choir had two bays with a third for a processional path.

Then came the processional, with the wonderful voices of the choir-boys sounding far off, and then nearer.

Apparently Ahmadinejad was standing in his processional car, waving to the crowds from the open sunroof.

processional dances were also much in vogue among that people.

As the processional order of the race deteriorated into the chain reaction chaos of an accident, it was compelling viewing.

We have no flags to honour, no processional march to accompany our dead.

Her arrival, indeed, had about it something of the processional.

It is also said that in some cases the "Chemins" were used for processional purposes.

Such had ever been the processional route of the Kings of Alsander.

Change followed change, but orderly as in processional array.