单词 | procession |
释义 | procession /preuh sesh"euhn/, n. 1. the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc. 2. the line or body of persons or things moving along in such a manner. 3. Eccles. an office, litany, etc., said or sung in a religious procession. 4. Theol. the emanation of the Holy Spirit from the Father and later, in the Western Church, from the Son: distinguished from the "generation" of the Son and the "unbegottenness" of the Father. 5. the act of coming forth from a source. v.i. 6. to go in procession. [bef. 1150; early ME ( < OF) < LL procession- (s. of processio) a religious procession, lit., a marching on. See PROCESS, -ION] |
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