noun
Meaning 1
The act of progressing or proceeding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
procession
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/pɹəˈsɛʃən/
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CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 S EH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P R OW0 S EH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a procession of mourners
- the Lord Mayor's procession
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Litanies said in procession and not kneeling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural, obsolete
Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 5
The rapid dismissal of a series of batsmen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 6
To take part in a procession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To honour with a procession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, transitive
Qualifier: North Carolina; Tennessee; North Carolina; Tennessee
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 9
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: progress, progression, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: motion, movement, move
Narrower terms: push, career, life history, march, plain sailing, clear sailing, easy going, leapfrog
noun
Meaning 10
the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- processions were forbidden
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group action, collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
Narrower terms: convoy, caravan, train, wagon train, cavalcade, march, motorcade, parade, cortege, recession, recessional
noun
Meaning 11
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emanation, rise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: origin, origination, inception
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: երթ (ertʻ) — act of progressing or proceeding
- Bulgarian: напредване (napredvane) — act of progressing or proceeding
- Catalan: processió — act of progressing or proceeding
- Chinese Mandarin: 遊行 /游行 (yóuxíng) — act of progressing or proceeding
- French: procession — act of progressing or proceeding
- Indonesian: kelangsungan — act of progressing or proceeding
- Indonesian: prosesi — act of progressing or proceeding
- Italian: corteo — act of progressing or proceeding
- Polish: procesja — act of progressing or proceeding
- Portuguese: avanço — act of progressing or proceeding
- Serbo-Croatian: obrada — act of progressing or proceeding
- Spanish: procesión — act of progressing or proceeding
- Armenian: թափոր (tʻapʻor) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Azerbaijani: yürüş — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Azerbaijani: izdiham — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Bulgarian: процесия (procesija) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Bulgarian: шествие (šestvie) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Catalan: processó — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 行列 (hángliè) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 遊行 /游行 (yóuxíng) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 隊伍 /队伍 (duìwǔ) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Czech: průvod — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Danish: kortege — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Dutch: processie — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Dutch: stoet — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Esperanto: procesio — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Faroese: skrúðgonga — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Faroese: skreytgonga — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Finnish: kulkue — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- French: procession — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- French: cortège — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- German: Prozession — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- German: Umzug — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Greek: πομπή (pompí) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Greek: λιτανεία (litaneía) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Greek: περιφορά (periforá) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Greek: ακολουθία (akolouthía) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Ancient Greek: πομπή (pompḗ) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Ancient Greek: ἐκφορά (ekphorá) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Hindi: शोभायात्रा (śobhāyātrā) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Indonesian: ambalan — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Indonesian: arak-arakan — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Indonesian: kirab — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Indonesian: perarakan — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Irish: mórshiúl — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Italian: corteo — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Japanese: 行列 (gyōretsu) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Korean: 행차 (haengcha) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Korean: 항렬 (hangnyeol) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Latin: pompa — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Latin: exsequia — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Macedonian: поворка (povorka) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Norwegian Bokmål: prosesjon — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Norwegian Nynorsk: prosesjon — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Polish: procesja — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Portuguese: procissão — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Portuguese: cortejo — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Punjabi: ਜਲੂਸ (jalūs) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Russian: проце́ссия (procéssija) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Russian: верени́ца (vereníca) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Russian: ше́ствие (šéstvije) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Serbo-Croatian: povorka — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Serbo-Croatian: поворка — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Spanish: procesión — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Swedish: kortege — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Tamil: ஊர்வலம் (ūrvalam) — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Turkish: alay — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Turkish: kortej — group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner
- Bulgarian: върволица (vǎrvolica) — number of things happening in sequence
- French: kyrielle — number of things happening in sequence
- Indonesian: deretan — number of things happening in sequence
- Indonesian: rentetan — number of things happening in sequence
- Polish: sekwencja — number of things happening in sequence
- Portuguese: sequência — number of things happening in sequence
- Russian: после́довательность (poslédovatelʹnostʹ) — number of things happening in sequence
- Russian: цепь (cepʹ) — number of things happening in sequence
Real reading context