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procession

noun
/pɹəˈsɛʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English processioun, borrowed from Old French pourciession, from Latin prōcessiō (“a marching forward, an advance, in Late Latin a religious procession”), from prōcēdere, past participle prōcessus (“to move forward, advance, proceed”); see proceed.

  1. derived from prōcessiō
  2. derived from pourciession
  3. inherited from processioun

Definitions

  1. The act of progressing or proceeding.

    • From whence it came to pass in the primitive times , that the Latin fathers taught expressly the procession of the Spirit from the Father and the Son
    • Yet proof is here of men's unquenched desire / That the procession of their life might be / More equable majestic pure and free; […]

  2. A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner

    A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.

    • a procession of mourners
    • the Lord Mayor's procession
    • Here comes the towneſ-men, on Proceſſion, / To preſent your Highneſſe with the man.

  3. A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Litanies said in procession and not kneeling.

      • In many a form I see thee oft In myriad manners are thy praises told In old processions carved on Grecian urns

    2. The rapid dismissal of a series of batsmen.

      • Before he closed and opened his eyes, the bails on the wicket behind Johnny Masih were shattered. That was the beginning of a procession. The second ball clean bowled the batsman. The third ball was a catch for the wicketkeeper.
      • Scotland moved nicely to 45 without loss before I took the first wicket and then it became a procession.

    3. To take part in a procession.

    4. To honour with a procession.

    5. To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).

      • To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.

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Derived

double procession, eternal procession, funeral procession, processional, processionary, processioner, processionism, processionist, processionize, processionwise, single procession

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at procession. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at procession. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at procession

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA