procession

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Just as the procession was about to move down the hill to embark for Three-Mile Point, a small-sized Universalist, stirred by generous impulse, hailed young Dick, a small-sized Presbyterian, who stood on the opposite side of the street gazing with assumed stoicism on the fascinating pageant Hello, Dick!

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  1. noun The act of moving along or forward; progression.
  2. noun Origination; emanation; rise.
  3. noun A group of persons, vehicles, or objects moving along in an orderly, formal manner.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin prōcessiō, prōcessiōn-, from Latin, an advance, from prōcessus, past participle of prōcēdere, to advance; see proceed.

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  1. from Middle English processioun, processiun = Dutch processie = G. Swedish Danish procession, from Old French procession, French procession = Spanish procesion = Portuguese procissão, processão = Italian processione, from Latin processio(n-), a marching forward, an advance, Late Latin a religious procession, from procedere, past participle processus, move forward, advance, proceed: see proceed. Cf. process.
  2. = Italian processionare, from Middle Latin processionare, go in procession; from the noun.
 

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