More equable, majestic, pure, and free.
Trench.
2. That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn
manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a
retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession.
Here comes the townsmen on procession.
Shak.
3. (Eccl.) An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from
the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within
or without. Shipley.
4. pl. (Eccl.) An old term for litanies which were said in procession
and not kneeling. Shipley.
Procession of the Holy Ghost, a theological term applied to the
relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son, the Eastern
Church affirming that the Spirit proceeds from the Father only, and the
Western Church that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.
Shipley. -- Procession week, a name for Rogation week, when processions
were made; Cross-week. Shipley.
Pro*ces"sion, v. t. (Law) To ascertain, mark, and establish the
boundary lines of, as lands. [Local, U. S. (North Carolina and
Tennessee).] "To procession the lands of such persons as desire it."
Burrill.