processional
processional Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to, characteristic of, or used in a formal procession.
"The ancient temple was approached via a grand processional avenue lined with stone sphinxes."
• noun
A hymn or piece of music played or sung during a formal ceremonial entrance, such as at a wedding, graduation, or church service.
"The organist began playing the processional as the bride stepped into the aisle."
A formal, ceremonial march or parade of people moving in an orderly succession.
"The faculty members lined up in their academic regalia for the commencement processional."
An ecclesiastical liturgical book containing the hymns, litanies, and prayers used in religious processions.
"The monastery library preserved a medieval illuminated processional from the fifteenth century."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Medieval Latin processionalis, derived from Latin processio ('a marching forward, advance'), from the verb procedere ('to go forward').