Procession
noun
A line of people or vehicles moving forward slowly, often as part of a ceremony.
The wedding procession moved toward the church.
Often appears as...
- funeral procession
- wedding procession
noun
The act or process of moving forward.
The procession of the seasons from spring to winter.
Often appears as...
- procession of time
- procession of events
Usage tips
Academic,Literary
noun
A number of things or people coming in a specified order.
A procession of guests arrived at the party.
Often appears as...
- procession of applicants
- procession of thoughts
noun
A line of people or vehicles moving forward slowly, often as part of a ceremony.
The wedding procession moved toward the church.
Often appears as...
- funeral procession
- wedding procession
noun
The act or process of moving forward.
The procession of the seasons from spring to winter.
Often appears as...
- procession of time
- procession of events
Usage tips
Academic,Literary
noun
A number of things or people coming in a specified order.
A procession of guests arrived at the party.
Often appears as...
- procession of applicants
- procession of thoughts
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Slow Movement
Focus on the slow, organized nature of a ceremony's motion.
The procession inched its way past the silent crowd.
Pro Tip 2/3Ceremonial Importance
Understand that 'procession' often indicates a formal or traditional event.
The coronation ceremony included an elaborate royal procession.
Pro Tip 3/3Structured Order
Remember, a procession follows a specific sequence or order.
The bride's procession was led by the flower girl.
Pro Tip 1/3Slow Movement
Focus on the slow, organized nature of a ceremony's motion.
The procession inched its way past the silent crowd.
Pro Tip 2/3Ceremonial Importance
Understand that 'procession' often indicates a formal or traditional event.
The coronation ceremony included an elaborate royal procession.
Pro Tip 3/3Structured Order
Remember, a procession follows a specific sequence or order.
The bride's procession was led by the flower girl.
Pro Tip 1/3Slow Movement
Focus on the slow, organized nature of a ceremony's motion.
The procession inched its way past the silent crowd.
Pro Tip 2/3Ceremonial Importance
Understand that 'procession' often indicates a formal or traditional event.
The coronation ceremony included an elaborate royal procession.
Pro Tip 3/3Structured Order
Remember, a procession follows a specific sequence or order.
The bride's procession was led by the flower girl.
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The historic women’s...
In these ways and more, black women persevered despite deep hostility from white women in the movement, and at great political and physical risk. On the day of the parade, suffragists assembled to create a powerful exhibition. The surging sections of the procession included international suffragists, artists, performers and business-owners.
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Building a theater that...
procession allow people to come in and out for an intermission or to enter for the beginning or the end of a performance as I said all the balconies can move but they can also be disappear completely the proscenium can fly you can bring larger objects into the chamber itself but most convincingly when we had to confront the idea of
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Joshua Prince-Ramus:...
You'd be able to open portions in order to change the procession, allow people to come in and out for an intermission, or to enter for the beginning or the end of a performance. As I said, all the balconies can move, but they can also be disappeared completely. The proscenium can fly.
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The deadly genius of...
decided to call the citizens to a march for peace. The idea was to ask for a softer approach to criminal activity in the state. And so, the day of the scheduled procession, thousands of people showed up. As the mayor was preparing to deliver the speech starting the march,
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A day in the life of a...
and helps the ewe give birth to two new additions to the empire. Leaving the lambs and their mother, Boraqchin dashes back to the camp. Here the final touches have been put to packing, and vehicles are starting to line up. This vast procession starts with the queen
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David Rockwell: Building...
that created as few filters between the viewer -- as we said about the families' platform -- and the experience as possible. It's all incredibly humble material. It's scaffolding and plywood. And it allows -- by sort of the procession of the movement,
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Family Keeps Corpse in...
the funeral procession to reach the ceremony field for her family and friends this is the moment when mrs. dolly pong spirit leaves her body but her spirit will need help reaching Paradise which they call hooyah because of mrs. dolly pawns noble
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Corpse Family PIPE National...
her funeral will take place it takes three hours for the funeral procession to reach the ceremony field for her family and friends this is the moment when mrs. dolly pong spirit leaves her body but her spirit will need help
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Corpse Family PIPE National...
her funeral will take place it takes three hours for the funeral procession to reach the ceremony field for her family and friends this is the moment when mrs. dolly pong spirit leaves her body but her spirit will need help
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Liam Young: Planet City...
If we were to map all the world's celebrations onto a calendar, then we'd realize that running through Planet City would be this continuous festival procession
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The historic women’s...
In these ways and more, black women persevered despite deep hostility from white women in the movement, and at great political and physical risk. On the day of the parade, suffragists assembled to create a powerful exhibition. The surging sections of the procession included international suffragists, artists, performers and business-owners.
Video examples
Building a theater that...
procession allow people to come in and out for an intermission or to enter for the beginning or the end of a performance as I said all the balconies can move but they can also be disappear completely the proscenium can fly you can bring larger objects into the chamber itself but most convincingly when we had to confront the idea of
Video examples
Joshua Prince-Ramus:...
You'd be able to open portions in order to change the procession, allow people to come in and out for an intermission, or to enter for the beginning or the end of a performance. As I said, all the balconies can move, but they can also be disappeared completely. The proscenium can fly.
Video examples
The deadly genius of...
decided to call the citizens to a march for peace. The idea was to ask for a softer approach to criminal activity in the state. And so, the day of the scheduled procession, thousands of people showed up. As the mayor was preparing to deliver the speech starting the march,
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
and helps the ewe give birth to two new additions to the empire. Leaving the lambs and their mother, Boraqchin dashes back to the camp. Here the final touches have been put to packing, and vehicles are starting to line up. This vast procession starts with the queen
Video examples
David Rockwell: Building...
that created as few filters between the viewer -- as we said about the families' platform -- and the experience as possible. It's all incredibly humble material. It's scaffolding and plywood. And it allows -- by sort of the procession of the movement,
Video examples
Family Keeps Corpse in...
the funeral procession to reach the ceremony field for her family and friends this is the moment when mrs. dolly pong spirit leaves her body but her spirit will need help reaching Paradise which they call hooyah because of mrs. dolly pawns noble
Video examples
Corpse Family PIPE National...
her funeral will take place it takes three hours for the funeral procession to reach the ceremony field for her family and friends this is the moment when mrs. dolly pong spirit leaves her body but her spirit will need help
Video examples
Corpse Family PIPE National...
her funeral will take place it takes three hours for the funeral procession to reach the ceremony field for her family and friends this is the moment when mrs. dolly pong spirit leaves her body but her spirit will need help
Video examples
Liam Young: Planet City...
If we were to map all the world's celebrations onto a calendar, then we'd realize that running through Planet City would be this continuous festival procession
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
American Author
If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.
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Erich Maria Remarque
German Writer
The later it gets the more disturbed the city becomes. I go with Albert through the streets. Men are standing in groups at every corner. Rumours are flying. It is said that the military have already fired on a procession of demonstrating workers.
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John Huston
American Director
You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession.
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Susanna Clarke
English Author
I can write most places. I particularly like writing on trains. Being between places is quite liberating, and looking out of the window, watching a procession of landscapes and random-ish objects, is very good for stories.
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Mary Antin
Russian Activist
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.
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Douglas Brinkley
American Author
The world of high-stakes international diplomacy can be rough and tumble, but it's more often than not a procession of suits and summits, protocol sessions and photo ops.
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George Eliot
British Author
Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.
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Vernon A. Walters
American Public Servant
It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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Johnny Lever
Indian Actor
At times, I pity my comedian image. People start laughing seeing me even in funeral processions.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.
Quote examples
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
American Author
If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.
Quote examples
Erich Maria Remarque
German Writer
The later it gets the more disturbed the city becomes. I go with Albert through the streets. Men are standing in groups at every corner. Rumours are flying. It is said that the military have already fired on a procession of demonstrating workers.
Quote examples
John Huston
American Director
You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession.
Quote examples
Susanna Clarke
English Author
I can write most places. I particularly like writing on trains. Being between places is quite liberating, and looking out of the window, watching a procession of landscapes and random-ish objects, is very good for stories.
Quote examples
Mary Antin
Russian Activist
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.
Quote examples
Douglas Brinkley
American Author
The world of high-stakes international diplomacy can be rough and tumble, but it's more often than not a procession of suits and summits, protocol sessions and photo ops.
Quote examples
George Eliot
British Author
Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.
Quote examples
Vernon A. Walters
American Public Servant
It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
Quote examples
Johnny Lever
Indian Actor
At times, I pity my comedian image. People start laughing seeing me even in funeral processions.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.
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