procession

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Synonyms: profession, precession, promession, progression, recession, processing, pression, processor, propension, proception, processions

Antonyms: profession, precession, promession, progression, recession, processing, pression, processor, propension, proception, processions

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Noun

1. The act of [[progress]]ing or [[proceed]]ing.
2. A [[group]] of people or things moving along in an [[orderly]], stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a [[retinue]].
3. A number of things [[happening]] in [[sequence]] (in [[space]] or in [[time]]).
4. {{lb|en|ecclesiastical|obsolete|in the plural}} [[litany|Litanies]] said in procession and not kneeling.
5. {{lb|en|cricket}} The [[rapid]] [[dismissal]] of a [[series]] of [[batsman|batsmen]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To take part in a procession.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To honour with a procession.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|legal|US|North Carolina|Tennessee}} To ascertain, mark, and establish the [[boundary]] lines of (lands).

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