PROCESSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does procession mean?
• PROCESSION (noun)
The noun PROCESSION has 3 senses:
1. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
2. the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
3. the act of moving forward toward a goal
Familiarity information: PROCESSION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PROCESSION (noun)
Meaning:
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
procession; emanation; rise
Context 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
Hypernyms ("procession" is a kind of...):
inception; origin; origination (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)
Domain category:
theological system; theology (a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings)
Meaning:
The group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
processions were forbidden
Hypernyms ("procession" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "procession"):
cortege (a funeral procession)
parade (a ceremonial procession including people marching)
motorcade (a procession of people traveling in motor cars)
march (a procession of people walking together)
cavalcade (a procession of people traveling on horseback)
caravan; train; wagon train (a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file)
convoy (a procession of land vehicles traveling together)
recession; recessional (the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service)
Meaning:
The act of moving forward toward a goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
forward motion; onward motion; progress; advancement; procession; progression; advance
Hypernyms ("procession" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "procession"):
push (an effort to advance)
career; life history (the general progression of your working or professional life)
march (a steady advance)
clear sailing; easy going; plain sailing (easy unobstructed progress)
leapfrog (advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors)
