procession
The act of progressing or proceeding.
Other meanings
A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
“a procession of mourners”
A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
Synonyms
- progress
- advance
- advancement
- forward motion
- onward motion
Related words
- processioner
- processionist
- processionize
- processionwise
- double procession
- eternal procession
- funeral procession
- processional
- processionary
- processionism
- single procession
Word history
From Latin "prōcessiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “procession” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.