processional

[ pruh-sesh-uh-nl ]

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.

  2. of the nature of a procession; moving in an orderly or regular succession, sequence, or the like.

  1. of a style, design, etc., customarily used in processions: processional regalia.

  2. sung or played during a procession, as a hymn, march, etc.

noun
  1. a piece of music, as a hymn or slow march, suitable for accompanying a procession.

  2. a book containing hymns, litanies, etc., for use in religious processions.

Origin of processional

1
1400–50; (noun) late Middle English: service book <Medieval Latin prōcessiōnāle, noun use of neuter of prōcessiōnālis in a procession; (adj.) <Medieval Latin prōcessiōnālis;see procession, -al2, -al1

Other words from processional

  • pro·ces·sion·al·ly, adverb
  • non·pro·ces·sion·al, adjective
  • un·pro·ces·sion·al, adjective

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How to use processional in a sentence

  • On the 15th of September of that year, which is its festa, another image of wood is carried processionally with much pomp.

  • When he visited Barcelona the doctors of the university went out to meet him processionally to pay him honor.

    The Jesuits, 1534-1921 | Thomas J. Campbell
  • Each term in the Trinity is characterized processionally by the arrangement of the relations which unite it to its congeners.

  • There were now three bullets in that one hole—three bullets embedded processionally in the body of the stump back of the target.

    Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Presently the lights went away processionally through the groves of trees into the armed stockades.

    The Rescue | Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for processional

processional

/ (prəˈsɛʃənəl) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or suitable for a procession

noun
  1. Christianity

    • a book containing the prayers, hymns, litanies, and liturgy prescribed for processions

    • a hymn, litany, etc, used in a procession

Derived forms of processional

  • processionally, adverb

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