Definitions

procession

[pruh-sesh-uhn] / prəˈsɛʃ ən /

NOUN

parade, sequence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cortege motorcade succession

STRONG

advance cavalcade column course cycle file march movement order process run series string train

WEAK

autocade consecution

Antonyms

STRONG

disorder disorganization halt

Example Sentences

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Before the public are allowed to head to the viewing seats above the Commons chamber, they must wait for the Speaker's Procession.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

The aforementioned Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession has returned, and it gives Mushu, the reddish-orange dragon from the animated film, a starring role in the center of the small parade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024

All who are able shall stand for the Royal Procession.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

They will return from the Abbey in the Coronation Procession in the 260-year-old, Gold State Coach which weighs four tonnes and needs to be pulled by eight horses.

From Reuters • May 4, 2023

When the Constable came to the Church, he alighted, and met the Pope, who was just then going out of it in his Procession Chair.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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