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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Procession  \Pro*ces"sion\,  v.  t.  (Law) 
  To  ascertain,  mark,  and  establish  the  boundary  lines  of  as 
  lands.  [Local,  U.  S.  (North  Carolina  and  Tennessee).]  ``To 
  procession  the  lands  of  such  persons  as  desire  it.'' 
  --Burrill. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Procession  \Pro*ces"sion\,  v.  i. 
  To  march  in  procession.  [R.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Procession  \Pro*ces"sion\,  v.  i. 
  To  honor  with  a  procession.  [R.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Procession  \Pro*ces"sion\,  n.  [F.,  fr  L.  processio.  See 
  {Proceed}.] 
  1.  The  act  of  proceeding,  moving  on  advancing,  or  issuing; 
  regular,  orderly,  or  ceremonious  progress;  continuous 
  course.  --Bp.  Pearson. 
 
  That  the  procession  of  their  life  might  be 
 
  More  equable,  majestic,  pure,  and  free  --Trench. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  moving  onward  in  an  orderly,  stately,  or 
  solemn  manner;  a  train  of  persons  advancing  in  order  a 
  ceremonious  train;  a  retinue;  as  a  procession  of 
  mourners;  the  Lord  Mayor's  procession. 
 
  Here  comes  the  townsmen  on  procession.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  (Eccl.)  An  orderly  and  ceremonial  progress  of  persons, 
  either  from  the  sacristy  to  the  choir,  or  from  the  choir 
  around  the  church,  within  or  without  --Shipley. 
 
  4.  pl  (Eccl.)  An  old  term  for  litanies  which  were  said  in 
  procession  and  not  kneeling.  --Shipley. 
 
  {Procession  of  the  Holy  Ghost},  a  theological  term  applied  to 
  the  relation  of  the  Holy  Spirit  to  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
  the  Eastern  Church  affirming  that  the  Spirit  proceeds  from 
  the  Father  only,  and  the  Western  Church  that  the  Spirit 
  proceeds  from  the  Father  and  the  Son.  --Shipley. 
 
  {Procession  week},  a  name  for  Rogation  week,  when  processions 
  were  made  Cross-week.  --Shipley. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  procession 
  n  :  a  collection  of  things  moving  ahead  in  an  orderly  manner 




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