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Noun: procession  pru'seshun
  1. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
    "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"
    - emanation, rise
     
  2. The group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
    "processions were forbidden"
     
  3. The act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
    - progress, progression, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion

Derived forms: processions

See also: proceed, processional

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, group action, inception, motion, move, movement, origin, origination

Encyclopedia: Procession Procession, Sixties band