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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.
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the line or body of persons or things moving along in such a manner.
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Ecclesiastical. an office, litany, etc., said or sung in a religious procession.
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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.
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the act of coming forth from a source.
verb (used without object)
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to go in procession.
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procession
1103, from O.Fr. procession (11c.), from L.L. processionem (nom. processio) "religious procession," in classical L. "a marching onward," from stem of processum, pp. of procedere (see proceed). Processional "book of hymns for use in processions," is first attested 1440. Verb
EXPANDprocess (accent on second syllable) "to march in procession" is an 1814 back-formation.
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