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PROCESSIONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does processional mean?
• PROCESSIONAL (noun)
The noun PROCESSIONAL has 1 sense:
1. religious music used in a procession
Familiarity information: PROCESSIONAL used as a noun is very rare.
• PROCESSIONAL (adjective)
The adjective PROCESSIONAL has 2 senses:
1. intended for use in a procession
2. of or relating to or characteristic of a procession
Familiarity information: PROCESSIONAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Religious music used in a procession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
processional; prosodion
Hypernyms ("processional" is a kind of...):
church music; religious music (genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intended for use in a procession
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
processional cross
Pertainym:
procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of a procession
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
in good processional order
Pertainym:
procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)
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