Definition of procession

• n. - The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course.
• n. - That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession.
• n. - An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without.
• n. - An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
• v. t. - To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands.
• v. i. - To march in procession.
• v. i. - To honor with a procession.