procession

pro·ces·sion  (pr-sshn)

n.

1. The act of moving along or forward; progression.

2. Origination; emanation; rise.

3.

a. A group of persons, vehicles, or objects moving along in an orderly, formal manner.

b. The movement of such a group.

4. An orderly succession: the procession of the seasons.

intr.v. pro·ces·sioned, pro·ces·sion·ing, pro·ces·sions

To form or go in a procession.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin prcessi, prcessin-, from Latin, an advance, from prcessus, past participle of prcdere, 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. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christianity the emanation of the Holy Spirit

vb

(intr) Rare to go in procession

[via Old French from Latin prōcessiō a marching forwards]

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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.

Thesaurus

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" emanation, rise 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) forward motion, onward motion, progress, advancement, progression, advance 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

1. parade, train, march, file, column, motorcade, cavalcade, cortege a funeral procession

2. sequence, run, course, train, series, cycle, string, succession a seemingly endless procession of corruption cases

Translations

procession [prəˈseʃən] N [of people, cars etc] → desfile m; (= ceremonial, funeral) → cortejo m (Rel) → procesión f
to go or walk in procession → desfilar (Rel) → ir en procesión

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procession [prəˈsɛʃ^ən] n → procession f
religious processions → processions religieuses

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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

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procession [prəˈsɛʃ/ən] n (of people, cars) → processione f, corteo (Rel) → processione
funeral procession → corteo funebre

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procession [prəˈsɛʃ/ən] n (of people, cars) → processione f, corteo (Rel) → processione
funeral procession → corteo funebre

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procession

n procession [prəˈseʃən]

a line of people, vehicles etc moving forward in order, especially for a ceremonial purpose The procession moved slowly through the streets. stoet مَوْكِب шествие procesí, průvod procession die Prozession πομπή desfile; (religión) procesión rongkäik گروه مشایعین kulkue cortège תַהֲלוּכָה जलूस, शोभा यात्रा felvonulás arak-arakan hóp-/skrúðganga; fylgd corteo, processione 行列 행렬 procesija, eisena procesija; gājiens perarakan stoet opptog, prosesjon, kortesje pochód, procesja, kawalkada desfile proce­siune процессия procesia, sprievod sprevod procesija procession ขบวน tören alayı (人、車輛等的)前進行列，隊伍 процесія جلوس đám diễu hành 人、车辆等的）前进行列，队伍

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procession → موكب průvod optog Schlange πομπή procesión kulkue procession procesija processione 行進 행렬 stoet prosesjon procesja procissão процессия tåg ขบวนที่เคลื่อนที่ไป alay lễ rước 队列