noun

procession

pruh-SEH-shuhn

noun

A group of people or vehicles moving forward together in an orderly line, often for a ceremony.

"A long procession followed the coffin to the church."

"The wedding procession made its way slowly down the aisle."

How to Use Procession

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA line of people, vehicles, or things moving along together, usually in a formal or ceremonial way.

Common pairings

funeral procession wedding procession religious procession

processioned past tense, processions plural, processions singular

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A long _____ followed the coffin to the church.

From Latin prōcessiō, "a marching forward," later used for a religious procession, from prōcēdere, "to advance."

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