processional
/prəˈsɛʃ(ə)n(ə)l
/adjective
Relating to or used in a religious or ceremonial procession: a processional cross...
- Any of these late-medieval processional crosses can be experienced as an example of craftsmanship in wood and metal, like a Faberge egg, or considered in terms of its design and the interplay of its various components.
- After attending a festive celebration at one suburban parish, he sent a note to the pastor, telling him to place a corpus on the processional cross and to reconfigure the tilt of the altar to conform to church rubrics.
- The Baroque section features religious sculpture, including processional figures, ritual liturgical objects and private devotional altars.
noun
1A book containing litanies and hymns for use in religious processions.The structure and content of religious celebrations, processionals, revivals and regular religious meetings also require analysis.
1.1A hymn or other piece of music sung or played during a religious procession.Also, McIlvaine ‘used his episcopal authority to limit processionals, surpliced choirs, and other musical innovations’....
- This Wesley hymn makes a wonderful processional for this festival day.
- It is best sung as a processional or the final hymn in the service. Sing at a moderate tempo.
Rhymes
- active charcoal
- active citizen
- Active Citizen Force
- active citizenship
- active current
- active debt
- active deposit
- active duty
- active euthanasia
- active galactic nucleus
- active galaxy
- active immunity
- active layer
- active learning
- active list
- actively
- active mass
- active matrix
- activeness
- active obedience
- active optics
- active-passive
- active roster
- active service
- active site