单词 | processioning |
释义 | processioningn. 1. The action of moving in or as in procession; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > passage in a continuous stream > procession processionOE drightfarea1225 precessiona1400 processionc1400 walking1449 train1489 walk1563 processioning1593 band1611 solemnity1636 proceeding1660 cavalcade1670 parade1673 cortège1679 processionade1762 processional1820 crocodile1891 ram1912 processing1920 paseo1927 croc1948 society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > procession precessiona1400 ganging1540 procession1544 processioning1593 perahera1681 processional1820 recession1868 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 28v You Pilgrims, that..weare the plants of your feete,..by bare-legd processioning..to the Sepulcher. 1612 in J. C. Cox Churchwardens' Accts. (1913) xviii. 263 Pd forty for the processioning 22d. 1671 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 223 June 1. Holythursday, St. Peter's [in the East] parishioners came a processioning and took in half Alban hall. 1692 W. Sampson Rector's Bk., Clayworth (1910) 98 In May ye Raines hindred oe Processioning, & ye winds..were violent & blasting. 1770 G. Colman Man & Wife i. 7 There is eating and drinking, and processioning, and masquerading. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iv. iv. 252 Next are processionings along the Boulevards. 1884 Manch. Examiner 18 June 4/6 No harm in allowing cyclists to pass through Victoria Park,..on condition that they did not there engage in racing or processioning. 1900 Daily Chron. 3 Nov. 3/2 The maying, processioning, Thomasing, carolling, and other junketings. 1921 Times 4 Mar. 10/1 When the processionary caterpillar begins processioning, it loves to go crawling in the sun. 1997 Daily Record (Nexis) 27 June 29 The tourist board says visitors are leaving because of the marching season and its insane triumphal processioning. 2. Chiefly U.S. = perambulation n. 1a. Cf. procession v. 2a. Now historical except in Georgia and North Carolina. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > determination of boundary > by perambulation purallee1306 processioning1653 bound-beating1927 1653 Mercurius Democritus No. 56. 442 He has but taken the happy advantage of the season [i.e. Rogationtide], to goe a Processioning with the boy, because he returns home with a single Penny. 1691 in W. W. Hening Statutes at Large: Coll. Laws Virginia (1823) III. 82 Soe much of the said act as appoints the time of processioning [shall] be, and is hereby repealed. 1752 J. Armstrong Hist. Island Minorca 5 The children in London are accustomed to perambulate the limits of their parish, which they call processioning. 1817 Times 4 Apr. 3/2 Episcopal visitations would no longer be a mere processioning through the diocese every third, fourth, or fifth year. 1893 J. C. Blomfield Hist. Fritwell 21 The ceremony of perambulating the boundaries of a parish (‘processioning’, as it was commonly called in later times) is an extremely old one. 1896 P. A. Bruce Econ. Hist. Virginia I. 544 In case an altercation arose between two neighbors in the course of the processioning, as to the boundaries of their estates, the two surveyors..were required..to draw again the lines in dispute. 1996 Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (Nexis) 7 Mar. d1 a The tree was a reference point used in the annual ‘processioning’ or survey of property boundaries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593 |
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