Pro*ces"sion (?), n. [F., fr. L.
processio. See Proceed.]
1. The act of proceeding, moving on,
advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress;
continuous course. Bp. Pearson.
That the procession of their life might
be
More equable, majestic, pure, and free.
Trench.
2. That which is moving onward in an orderly,
stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a
ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the
Lord Mayor's procession.
Here comes the townsmen on
procession.
Shak.
3. (Eccl.) An orderly and ceremonial
progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from
the choir around the church, within or without.
Shipley.
4. pl. (Eccl.) An old term for
litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
Shipley.
Procession of the Holy Ghost, a theological
term applied to the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the
Son, the Eastern Church affirming that the Spirit proceeds from the
Father only, and the Western Church that the Spirit proceeds from the
Father and the Son. Shipley. -- Procession
week, a name for Rogation week, when processions were
made; Cross-week. Shipley.
Pro*ces"sion, v. t. (Law) To
ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands.
[Local, U. S. (North Carolina and Tennessee).] "To procession
the lands of such persons as desire it." Burrill.
Pro*ces"sion, v. i. To march in
procession. [R.]
Pro*ces"sion, v. i. To honor with a
procession. [R.]
