Processional

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Processional \Pro*ces"sion*al\, n. [F. processionnal, LL.
     processionale.]
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     1. (R. C. Ch.) A service book relating to ecclesiastical
        processions. --J. Gregory.
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     2. A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church
        procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Processional \Pro*ces"sion*al\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession.
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           The processional services became more frequent.
                                                    --Milman.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  processional
       adj 1: intended for use in a procession; "processional music";
              "processional cross"
       2: of or relating to or characteristic of a procession; "in
          good processional order"
       n : religious music used in a procession [syn: {prosodion}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "processional":
     agape, asperges, aspersion, auricular confession, bar mitzvah,
     bas mitzvah, celebration, circumcision, confession, confirmation,
     high celebration, incense, invocation, invocation of saints,
     kiss of peace, lesser litany, litany, love feast, lustration, pax,
     reciting the rosary, telling of beads, the confessional,
     the confessionary