procession
Other forms: processions
A procession of mimes walking through the streets of your town would be surprising and somewhat terrifying. A line or group of people moving together in a deliberate way is a procession.
You're most likely to see a procession during some kind of ceremony, parade, or festival. A line of cars moving together to a cemetery is a funeral procession, and a bunch of parents pushing babies in strollers in a parade are also a procession. Another meaning of procession is any line or succession of people moving continuously, like a procession of local politicians knocking on your door one afternoon. The root of procession is the Latin processio, "marching forward."
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the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)synonyms: advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, progress, progression
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the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation“processions were forbidden”types:convoya procession of land vehicles traveling togethercaravan, train, wagon traina procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single filecavalcadea procession of people traveling by foot, horse, or vehiclesmarcha procession of people walking togethermotorcadea procession of people traveling in motor carsparadea ceremonial procession including people marchingcortegea funeral processionrecession, recessionalthe withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church servicehunger marcha march of protest or demonstration by the unemployedtype of:group actionaction taken by a group of peopleaccumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collectionseveral things grouped together or considered as a whole
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(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost“the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son”type of:inception, origin, originationan event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
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Vocabulary lists containing procession
When Louise hears that her husband has died in a train accident, she contemplates how her life will change. Read the full text here. Here is a link to our lists for The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
This American classic chronicles the exploits of Huck and Jim: one is running away from an abusive father and the other is fleeing enslavement. Read the full text here.