Procession


noun
1.
the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
2.
the line or body of persons or things moving along in such a manner.
3.
Ecclesiastical. an office, litany, etc., said or sung in a religious procession.
4.
Theology. the emanation of the Holy Spirit from the Father and later, in the Western Church, from the Son: distinguished from the “generation” of the Son and the “unbegottenness” of the Father.
5.
the act of coming forth from a source.
verb (used without object)
6.
to go in procession.
noun
1.
the act of proceeding in a regular formation
2.
a group of people or things moving forwards in an orderly, regular, or ceremonial manner
3.
a hymn, litany, etc, sung in a procession
4.
(Christianity) the emanation of the Holy Spirit
verb
5.
(intransitive) (rare) to go in procession

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