processional
/pɹəsˈɛʃənəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or used during a procession, particularly at the start of a religious ceremony or wedding.
noun
A hymn or other music used during a procession; prosodion.
noun
Example Sentences
- "The publick Processional-way to the Chapter-house at Windesor, used time out of mind, led from the Presence-Chamber, down through the Cloister, and the great Gate of the Kings Lodging, into the upper Ward of the Castle, thence through the middle Ward, and part of the lower, to and through the passage, between the East-end of the Chappel, and Tomb-house, and thence into the Chapter-house, situate at the North-East Corner of St. George’s Chappel."
- "1799, Isaac D’Israeli, Mejnoun and Leila, the Arabian Petrarch and Laura, Book 4, in Romances, London: Cadell and Davies et al., pp. 170-171, The nuptial day arrives. The virgin, preceded by a splendid retinue, and followed by her mother, her female relatives, and the damsels of her tribe, issues from the tent of her father. […] The women then followed with solemn and processional steps."
- "The mediæval hierarchical services did not rise to their full majesty and impressiveness till celebrated under a Gothic cathedral. […] The enormous height more than compensated for the contracted breadth. Nothing could be more finely arranged for the processional services; and the processional services became more frequent, more imposing."
- "The oxen took up again their quiet processional gait and the old man walked ahead of them, his eyes on the ground."
- "All the urchins of the marketplace formed a processional tail behind him."
- "A perfectly drilled wedding procession, like a military one, should move forward in perfect step, rising and falling in a block or unit. To secure perfection of detail, the bars of the processional may be counted so that the music comes to an end at precisely the moment the bride and groom stand side by side at the chancel steps."
Etymology
Etymology tree English procession Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English processional From procession + -al.