Definition of 'procession'
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procession in British English
noun
1.
2.
verb
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C12: via Old French from Latin prōcessiō a marching forwards
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procession in American English
noun
1.
the act of proceeding, esp. in an orderly manner
verb intransitive
3. Rare
to go in a procession
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procession in American English
(prəˈseʃən)
noun
1.
the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
2.
the line or body of persons or things moving along in such a manner
4. Theology
the emanation of the Holy Spirit from the Father and later, in the Western Church, from the Son: distinguished from the “ generation” of the Son and the “unbegottenness” of the Father
intransitive verb
6.
to go in procession
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procession
British English: procession
/prəˈsɛʃən/ NOUN
A procession is a group of people who are walking, riding, or driving in a line as part of a public event.
...religious processions.
- American English: procession /prəˈsɛʃən/
- Arabic: مَوْكِب
- Brazilian Portuguese: procissão
- Chinese: 队列
- Croatian: procesija
- Czech: průvod
- Danish: optog
- Dutch: stoet
- European Spanish: procesión
- Finnish: kulkue
- French: procession
- German: Schlange Menschen
- Greek: πομπή
- Italian: processione
- Japanese: 行進
- Korean: 행렬
- Norwegian: prosesjon
- Polish: procesja
- European Portuguese: procissão
- Romanian: procesiune
- Russian: процессия
- Latin American Spanish: procesión
- Swedish: tåg demonstrationståg
- Thai: ขบวน
- Turkish: alay tören/gelin
- Ukrainian: процесія
- Vietnamese: lễ diễu hành
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