The Collaborative International Dictionary
Procession \Pro*ces"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. processio. See Proceed.]
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The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course.
--Bp. Pearson.That the procession of their life might be
More equable, majestic, pure, and free.
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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.
Here comes the townsmen on procession.
--Shak. (Eccl.) An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without.
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pl. (Eccl.) An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
--Shipley.Procession of the Holy Ghost, a theological term applied to the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son, the Eastern Church affirming that the Spirit proceeds from the Father only, and the Western Church that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.
--Shipley.Procession week, a name for Rogation week, when processions were made; Cross-week.
--Shipley.
Usage examples of "procession of the holy ghost".
The procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father alone, or from the Father and the Son, was an article of faith which had sunk much deeper into the minds of men.
Had he found the true church all of a sudden in winding up to the end like a reel of cotton some fine-spun line of reasoning upon insufflation on the imposition of hands or the procession of the Holy Ghost?
The argument, adopted from Solanus, concerning the formula of the procession of the Holy Ghost, is utterly worthless, as it is a mere quotation in the words of the Gospel of St.