processional
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- noun
- /prəˈsɛʃənl/
- Formal
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música procesional
- The body of Marcus Hooks arrived at Kennedy Airport earlier this morning, and in a processional befitting a king, will make its way to the Apollo Theatre, where it will lie in state...
- candlelight processional
Examples
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It was only when the organ stopped its gentle murmur, paused, and then began the pealing processional that she lifted her head.
Fiction book (1990) -
You can even reserve a special candlelight dinner package with reserved seating for that evening's candlelight processional.
Blog text (3) -
Please remain standing for the processional of the rest of your class.
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Well, you have the wedding processional.
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The candlelight processional is more than simply a moving walk by candlelight.
Blog text (3) -
The candlelight processional occurs nightly in the American Garden's Theater.
Blog text (3) -
Epcot's "Holidays Around the World" with celebrity narrators and a candlelight processional (from November 23 to December 30);
Blog text (17) -
"Conducting in the pit just below the stage, Kathryn manages to coax from the twenty-three high school musicians a barely passable rendition of the graduation processional.
Fiction book (1998) -
The wedding ceremony began with a beautiful processional featuring string instruments and choirs.
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During the graduation ceremony, the processional included graduates marching in their caps and gowns.
Synonyms
Music with a steady marching beat played during a formal procession
Antonyms
Compounds
How Ceremonial
Surface Forms
Etymology
Processional comes from the Latin verb procedere, which means 'to go forward', and it is the same root you see in process and proceed. A processional is a piece of music played as people walk forward in a ceremony, so the music helps mark and support the moving line.