pro·ces·sion·al
prə-ˈsesh-nəl 
-ˈse-shə-nᵊl
1
: a book containing material for a procession
2
: a musical composition (such as a hymn) designed for a procession
3
: a ceremonial procession
Examples of processional in a Sentence
Noun
He led a slow processional into the church.
Recent Examples on the Web
Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
That was us, leading the processional, followed by the purple choir, who got to hold actual candles.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
The opening Mass and seating arrangements made that clear: The lay participants led off the processional into St. Peter's Square, followed by the vested clerics, suggesting their primacy of place.
—Nicole Winfield The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
Deputies gathered alongside other county employees and community members to form a processional as Clinkunbroomer's body was transported Saturday night.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
Charles also played an important role at Diana's funeral in 1997, walking behind her coffin during the processional and delivering a powerful eulogy inside Westminster Abbey.
—Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
The project will culminate on April 9 with coverage of the special processional in Atlanta marking the path of Dr. King’s funeral, which was watched by the world.
—Ernie Suggs, ajc, 11 Jan. 2017
Authorities said in a press release that the funeral processional was traveling westbound when a white pick-up truck pulled alongside one of the vehicles in the procession and began firing.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 11 June 2023
Authorities said that they were given no alert to potential danger prior to the processional.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 11 June 2023
orlandosentinel.com, 19 Sep. 2020
All four were patiently waiting for the procession on The Mall, a grand processional route running from Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square in central London.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 6 May 2023
The route around the airbase — home to Britain's fleet of Chinook helicopters — was carefully measured to replicate the processional route between Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace that King Charles, 74, and Queen Camilla, 75, will follow after their May 6 coronation ceremony.
—Phil Boucher, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
Meanwhile, the palace recently revealed the intricate design of the invitation sent to the 2,000 guests who will attend the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey as well as details of the processional routes, carriages, coronation regalia and even a new emoji.
—Max Foster, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
One depicts two young riders, and the other shows heads of two processional figures with olive branches, known as thallophores.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
The unveiling is closed to the public -- it will be limited to Smith’s family, county leaders and law enforcement officials -- but residents are encouraged to line the processional route.
—Leon Stafford, ajc, 28 Dec. 2020
The opera that has furnished processional music for untold millions of weddings is an essay on the impossibility of marital trust—at least, when one member of the couple is a Knight of the Holy Grail.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
Once seated, the Tivoli Youth Guard strode in toy soldier precision to line the theater’s aisles and play a triumphant processional march.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Feb. 2023
Noun
The processional featured 10 women in white, including friends and former students who have taken part in Campos-Pons’s previous performances; two passed back and forth a rich blue fabric.
—Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
That was us, leading the processional, followed by the purple choir, who got to hold actual candles.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
The opening Mass and seating arrangements made that clear: The lay participants led off the processional into St. Peter's Square, followed by the vested clerics, suggesting their primacy of place.
—Nicole Winfield The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
Deputies gathered alongside other county employees and community members to form a processional as Clinkunbroomer's body was transported Saturday night.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
Charles also played an important role at Diana's funeral in 1997, walking behind her coffin during the processional and delivering a powerful eulogy inside Westminster Abbey.
—Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
The project will culminate on April 9 with coverage of the special processional in Atlanta marking the path of Dr. King’s funeral, which was watched by the world.
—Ernie Suggs, ajc, 11 Jan. 2017
Authorities said in a press release that the funeral processional was traveling westbound when a white pick-up truck pulled alongside one of the vehicles in the procession and began firing.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 11 June 2023
Authorities said that they were given no alert to potential danger prior to the processional.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 11 June 2023
Adjective
But almost everyone — even Pogacar — had expected that Roglic would roll into Paris with the yellow jersey on his shoulders, sipping champagne in the saddle on the processional ride, on his way to becoming Slovenia’s first winner.
—orlandosentinel.com, 19 Sep. 2020
All four were patiently waiting for the procession on The Mall, a grand processional route running from Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square in central London.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 6 May 2023
The route around the airbase — home to Britain's fleet of Chinook helicopters — was carefully measured to replicate the processional route between Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace that King Charles, 74, and Queen Camilla, 75, will follow after their May 6 coronation ceremony.
—Phil Boucher, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
Meanwhile, the palace recently revealed the intricate design of the invitation sent to the 2,000 guests who will attend the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey as well as details of the processional routes, carriages, coronation regalia and even a new emoji.
—Max Foster, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
One depicts two young riders, and the other shows heads of two processional figures with olive branches, known as thallophores.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
The unveiling is closed to the public -- it will be limited to Smith’s family, county leaders and law enforcement officials -- but residents are encouraged to line the processional route.
—Leon Stafford, ajc, 28 Dec. 2020
The opera that has furnished processional music for untold millions of weddings is an essay on the impossibility of marital trust—at least, when one member of the couple is a Knight of the Holy Grail.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
Once seated, the Tivoli Youth Guard strode in toy soldier precision to line the theater’s aisles and play a triumphant processional march.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Feb. 2023
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processional
1 of 2 noun
pro·ces·sion·al
prə-ˈsesh-nəl
-ən-ᵊl
: a musical composition (as a hymn) written for a procession
processional
2 of 2 adjective
: of, relating to, or moving in a procession
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