procession en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /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.
Meanings
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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
1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:Yet proof is here of men's unquenched desire / That the procession of their life might be / More equable majestic pure and free; […]
1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, “The Same Continued”, in The Story of Justin Martyr, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 126:
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A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
Here comes the towneſ-men, on Proceſſion, / To preſent your Highneſſe with the man.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 126, column 2:a procession of mourners
By reason of these things, then, the whaling voyage was welcome; the great flood-gates of the wonder-world swung open, and in the wild conceits that swayed me to my purpose, two and two there floated into my inmost soul, endless processions of the whale, and, mid most of them all, one grand hooded phantom, like a snow hill in the air.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter I, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 7:The final fifty miles of the race was a procession with little change in the relative positions of the cars […]
1914, Westways, volume 6, page 7:the Lord Mayor's procession
- A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
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(in-plural, obsolete) 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
1894, Orby Shipley, Carmina Mariana:
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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.
2012, K. L. Mohana Varma, Cricket-Indo: The Story of an Indo-Pak One-Day Cricket Turf War, page 205:Scotland moved nicely to 45 without loss before I took the first wicket and then it became a procession.
2015, Steve Dolman, Edwin Smith: A Life in Derbyshire Cricket, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| processions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
processionist · funeral procession · eternal procession · processional · double procession · processioner · processionary · single procession · processionwise · processionize · processionism
Relateds
cortege · motorcade · process · parade · cavalcade · proceed · flypast · -cade · procedure · march-past
Translations (76)
grc ἐκφορά (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · pl sekwencja (number of things happening in sequence) · el λιτανεία (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · az izdiham (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · mk поворка (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · ru проце́ссия (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · bg процесия (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · pt avanço (act of progressing or proceeding) · bg напредване (act of progressing or proceeding) · pa ਜਲੂਸ (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · id kirab (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · id rentetan (number of things happening in sequence) · sh obrada (act of progressing or proceeding) · id kelangsungan (act of progressing or proceeding) · hy թափոր (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · it corteo (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · ru после́довательность (number of things happening in sequence) · id arak-arakan (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · az yürüş (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · cs průvod (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · sh povorka (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · bg шествие (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · fo skrúðgonga (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · de Prozession (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · fr cortège (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · bg върволица (number of things happening in sequence) · it corteo (act of progressing or proceeding) · ja 行列 (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · cmn 遊行 /游行 (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · pl procesja (act of progressing or proceeding) · cmn 行列 (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · ta ஊர்வலம் (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · ru цепь (number of things happening in sequence) · es procesión (act of progressing or proceeding) · cmn 隊伍 /队伍 (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · de Umzug (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · sv kortege (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · ko 행차 (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · hi शोभायात्रा (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · id deretan (number of things happening in sequence) · es procesión (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · cmn 遊行 /游行 (act of progressing or proceeding) · el πομπή (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · da kortege (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · ko 항렬 (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · ru ше́ствие (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · id perarakan (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · ca processió (act of progressing or proceeding) · el περιφορά (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · fr kyrielle (number of things happening in sequence) · nl processie (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · pt procissão (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · la exsequia (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · eo procesio (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · pt cortejo (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · nn prosesjon (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · pt sequência (number of things happening in sequence) · nb prosesjon (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · hy երթ (act of progressing or proceeding) · fi kulkue (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · ga mórshiúl (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · pl procesja (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · tr alay (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · la pompa (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · ru верени́ца (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · tr kortej (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · fr procession (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · nl stoet (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · sh поворка (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · grc πομπή (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · fr procession (act of progressing or proceeding) · el ακολουθία (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · fo skreytgonga (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · id prosesi (act of progressing or proceeding) · ca processó (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) · id ambalan (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)