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procession
a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc., moving along in orderly succession
Not to be confused with:
precession – the act of preceding; precedence; the slow, conical motion of the earth’s axis of rotation
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pro·ces·sion
(prə-sĕsh′ən)n.
1.
a. A group of persons, vehicles, or objects moving along in an orderly, formal manner.
b. The movement of such a group.
2. Theology Origination; emanation: the procession of the Holy Spirit.
intr.v. pro·ces·sioned, pro·ces·sion·ing, pro·ces·sions
To form or go in a procession.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin prōcessiō, prōcessiōn-, from Latin, an advance, from prōcessus, past participle of prōcēdere, to advance; see proceed.]
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procession
(prəˈsɛʃən)n
1. the act of proceeding in a regular formation
2. a group of people or things moving forwards in an orderly, regular, or ceremonial manner
3. (Music, other) a hymn, litany, etc, sung in a procession
4. (Theology) Christianity the emanation of the Holy Spirit
vb
(intr) rare to go in procession
[C12: via Old French from Latin prōcessiō a marching forwards]
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pro•ces•sion
(prəˈsɛʃ ən)n.
1. the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner.
2. a line or body of persons, vehicles, etc., moving along in such a manner.
3. the act of coming forth from a source.
v.i. 4. to go in procession.
[before 1150; early Middle English (< Old French) < Late Latin prōcessiō a religious procession. See process, -tion]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Procession
a group of people moving in an orderly state; a regular series; sequence or succession of things resembling a procession. See also cortège.Examples: procession of stately aqueducts; of boats, 1839; of tradesman’s tools, 1688.
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procession
Past participle: processioned
Gerund: processioning
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| Noun | 1. | procession - (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son" theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology" inception, origination, origin - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events |
| 2. | procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden" group action - action taken by a group of people aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole convoy - a procession of land vehicles traveling together caravan, wagon train, train - a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety" cavalcade - a procession of people traveling on horseback march - a procession of people walking together; "the march went up Fifth Avenue" motorcade - a procession of people traveling in motor cars parade - a ceremonial procession including people marching cortege - a funeral procession recessional, recession - the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service | |
| 3. |  procession - the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" push - an effort to advance; "the army made a push toward the sea" career, life history - the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law" march - a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time" clear sailing, easy going, plain sailing - easy unobstructed progress; "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing" leapfrog - advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors; "the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends" |
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procession
noun
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
procession
noun1. A number of things placed or occurring one after the other:
chain, consecution, course, order, progression, round, run, sequence, series, string, succession, suite, train.
Informal: streak.
2. A way in which things follow each other in space or time:
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Translations
průvodprocesí
optogprocession
kulkue
procesija
felvonulás
hóp-/skrúîganga; fylgd
行進
행렬
procesija
gājiensprocesija
procesia
sprevod
tåg
ขบวน
lễ diễu hành
procession
[prəˈseʃən] N [of people, cars etc] → desfile m; (= ceremonial, funeral) → cortejo m (Rel) → procesión fto go or walk in procession → desfilar (Rel) → ir en procesión
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
procession
n (organized) → Umzug m; (solemn) → Prozession f; (= line of people, cars etc) → Reihe f, → Schlange f; funeral/carnival procession → Trauer-/Karnevalszug m; to go or walk in procession → einen Umzug/eine Prozession machen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
procession
[prəˈsɛʃ/ən] n (of people, cars) → processione f, corteo (Rel) → processionefuneral procession → corteo funebre
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
procession
(prəˈseʃən) noun a line of people, vehicles etc moving forward in order, especially for a ceremonial purpose. The procession moved slowly through the streets.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
procession
→ مَوْكِب průvod optog Schlange πομπή procesión kulkue procession procesija processione 行進 행렬 stoet prosesjon procesja procissão процессия tåg ขบวน alay lễ diễu hành 队列Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009