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Definition of "processional" [pro•ces•sion•al]

  • Of, relating to, or suitable for a procession. (adjective)
  • A book containing the rituals observed during a religious procession. (noun)
  • Music A piece played or sung when the clergy enter a church at the beginning of a service. (noun)
  • Music Music intended to be played or sung during a procession. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "processional" in a sentence
  • "Early fourteenth-century processional from a female Dominican house in Strasbourg."
  • "Early-fourteenth-century processional from a female Dominican house in Strasbourg."
  • "Early fourteenth-century processional from a female Dominican house in"