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Definition of Processional

1. Noun. Religious music used in a procession.

2. Adjective. Intended for use in a procession. "Processional cross"

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of a procession. "In good processional order"

Definition of Processional

1. a. Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession.

2. n. A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions.

Definition of Processional

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or used during a procession ¹

2. Noun. A hymn or other music used during a procession; prosodion ¹

3. Noun. (Roman Catholicism) A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Processional

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Processional

process tomography process window index processabilities processability processable processed processed cheese processer processers processes

processibility processible processing processing time procession processional (current term) processional march processionalist processionalists processionally

processionals processionaries processionary processioned processioning processions processive processively processivities processivity

Literary usage of Processional

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Costume as Illustrated by Monumental Brasses by Herbert Druitt (1906)
"The processional or CHORAL Vestments have now to be considered. These, unlike the foregoing, cannot be said to possess a sacramental significance, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is usual also for cathedral chapters and similar collegiate bodies to possess a processional cross which precedes them in their corporate capacity; ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It is usual also for cathedral chapters and similar collegiate bodies to possess a processional cross which precedes them in their corporate capacity; ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It is usual also for cathedral chapters and similar collegiate bodies to possess a processional cross which precedes them in their corporate ..."

5. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1909)
"EAST processional DOORWAY, PLAN OF JAMB AND SECTION OF BASE. divided the quire from the nave in monastic churches, and besides being used for ritual ..."

6. Churchwardens' Accounts of S. Edmund & S. Thomas, Sarum, 1443-1702 with by Henry James Fowle Swayne (1896)
"Item j processional in the ijde lef "glor* Amen.' Item j processional in the ijde lef ... Item j processional in the ij'k' lef ' autem maria. ..."

7. City Development: A Study of Parks, Gardens, and Culture-institutes; a by Patrick Geddes (1904)
"B. The processional Ways Let us accompany representatives of each of these ... Hence our designs must be adapted to the largest public and processional use ..."

8. Playthings and Parodies by Barry Pain (1892)
"V.—THE processional INSTINCT. My DEAR FIRST AUTHORITY,—In one of the chapters of your ... And then you jo on to speak of the processional instinct; ..."

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