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procession
noun
1 procession
theology The origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost:
— The doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son.
synonyms: emanation, rise.
Roget 266:
travel;
traveling
etc.
v..
wayfaring,
campaigning.
journey,
excursion,
expedition,
tour,
trip,
grand tour,
circuit,
peregrination,
discursion†,
ramble,
pilgrimage,
hajj,
trek,
course,
ambulation†,
march,
walk,
promenade,
constitutional,
stroll,
saunter,
tramp,
jog trot,
turn,
stalk,
perambulation;
noctambulation†,
noctambulism;
somnambulism;
outing,
ride,
drive,
airing,
jaunt.
equitation,
horsemanship,
riding,
manege [Fr.],
ride and tie;
basophobia†.
roving,
vagrancy,
pererration†;
marching and countermarching;
nomadism;
vagabondism,
vagabondage;
hoboism [U.S.];
gadding;
flit,
flitting,
migration;
emigration,
immigration,
demigration†,
intermigration†;
wanderlust.
plan,
itinerary,
guide;
handbook,
guidebook,
road book;
Baedeker†,
Bradshaw,
Murray;
map,
road map,
transportation guide,
subway map.
procession,
cavalcade,
caravan,
file,
cortege,
column.
[Organs and instruments of locomotion]
vehicle
etc.
272;
automobile,
train,
bus,
airplane,
plane,
autobus,
omnibus,
subway,
motorbike,
dirt bike,
off-road vehicle,
van,
minivan,
motor scooter,
trolley,
locomotive;
legs,
feet,
pegs,
pins,
trotters.
traveler
etc.
268.
depot [U.S.],
railway station,
station.
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Roget 882:
ostentation,
display,
show,
flourish,
parade,
etalage [Fr.],
pomp,
array,
state,
solemnity;
dash,
splash,
splurge,
glitter,
strut,
pomposity;
pretense,
pretensions;
showing off;
fuss.
magnificence,
splendor;
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
grand doings.
coup de theatre;
stage effect,
stage trick;
claptrap;
mise en scene [Fr.];
tour de force;
chic.
demonstration,
flying colors;
tomfoolery;
flourish of trumpets
etc.
(celebration)
883;
pageant,
pageantry;
spectacle,
exhibition,
exposition,
procession;
turn out,
set out;
grand function;
f=ete,
gala,
field day,
review,
march past,
promenade,
insubstantial pageant.
dress;
court dress,
full dress,
evening dress,
ball dress,
fancy dress;
tailoring,
millinery,
man millinery,
frippery,
foppery,
equipage.
ceremony,
ceremonial;
ritual;
form,
formality;
etiquette;
puncto [Lat.],
punctilio,
punctiliousness;
starched stateliness,
stateliness.
mummery,
solemn mockery,
mouth honor.
attitudinarian†;
fop
etc.
854.
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2 procession
The group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation.
Dutch: cortège, defilé, omgang, optocht, processie, stoet
Polish: procesja
3 procession
The act of moving forward (as toward a goal).
synonyms: advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, progress, progression.
Roget 69:
continuity;
consecution,
consecutiveness
etc.
adj.;
succession,
round,
suite,
progression,
series,
train chain;
catenation,
concatenation;
scale;
gradation,
course;
ceaselessness,
constant flow,
unbroken extent.
procession,
column;
retinue,
cortege,
cavalcade,
rank and file,
line of battle,
array.
pedigree,
genealogy,
lineage,
race;
ancestry,
descent,
family,
house;
line,
line of ancestors;
strain.
rank,
file,
line,
row,
range,
tier,
string,
thread,
team;
suit;
colonnade.
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Dutch: continuïteit, voortgang, vooruitgang
Moby thesaurus: caravan, cavalcade, chain, column, coming after, consecution, consecutiveness, continuation, continuity, cortege, course, cycle, descent, dress parade, extension, file, flyover, following, funeral, line, lineage, logical sequence, march, march past, motorcade, mule train, order, order of succession, pack train, parade, pomp, posteriority, postposition, progression, prolongation, promenade, review, rotation, run, sequence, series, skimmington, stream, string, subjunction, succession, successiveness, suffixation, train ... show more.
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