processional

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of, pertaining to, or used during a procession, particularly at the start of a religious…

   Of, pertaining to, or used during a procession, particularly at the start of a religious ceremony or wedding.

2. 2

   A hymn or other music used during a procession

   A hymn or other music used during a procession; prosodion.

3. 3

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

   • He saw the processional of world brotherhood tramp steadily through the paling sunset; saffron-vestured Mandarin marching by flax-faced Norseman and languid South Sea Islander—the diverse peoples toward whom he had always yearned.
   • At the Wusdatts’ once, the two had marched in the processional to the buffet table with their small fingers linked […]
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   1. 4

      A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions.

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