Noun There was a procession of children carrying candles. The cars moved in procession to the cemetery.
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In the coming days, there will be a procession of the casket from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, with a service at Westminster Hall to follow, according to information from the Foreign Press Association of London. Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 Four days after Elizabeth’s death, there will be a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022 There is also a candlelight procession scheduled for 10 p.m. that night to Our Lady’s Church for the annual flight of the angel ceremony. John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022 Since the foundation of the American Republic there has been an endless procession of foreign quarrels with which giddy minds could have been busied. Charles Austin Beard, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 To add to the confusion, there is also a procession of surveys from management consultants heralding the imminent triumph of electric cars with barely any negatives mentioned. Neil Winton, Forbes, 15 June 2022 Immediately after the service and wreath-laying ceremony, there will be a procession to Maple Shade Cemetery, where a short, graveside service will follow. Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 25 May 2022 The Rams will celebrate their Super Bowl victory on Wednesday with a parade — and that won’t be the only procession in the coming months. Gary Klein Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022 Even if Asiata couldn’t see it, there was a procession of hundreds of cars that drove past the hospital and blasted Asiata’s favorite songs. Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Jan. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English processioun, from Anglo-French processiun, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin procession-, processio religious procession, from Latin, act of proceeding, from procedere