English > procession: 3 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation. |
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| Example | "processions were forbidden" |
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| Narrower | caravan, train, wagon train | A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file |
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| cavalcade | A procession of people traveling on horseback |
| convoy | A procession of land vehicles traveling together |
| cortege | A funeral procession |
| march | A procession of people walking together |
| motorcade | A procession of people traveling in motor cars |
| parade | A ceremonial procession including people marching |
| recession, recessional | The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service |
| Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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| group action | action taken by a group of people |
| Spanish | comitiva, comparsa, pompa, procesión, romería |
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| Catalan | processió, processó |
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| Adjectives | processional | of or relating to or characteristic of a procession |
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| processional | intended for use in a procession |
