processional

1 of 2

noun

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

processional

2 of 2

adjective

: of, relating to, or moving in a procession

processionally adverb

Examples of processional in a Sentence

Noun

He led a slow processional into the church.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Taps played as rain began to fall and the processional paused in front of the digital billboard on the side of a truck parked on the street, flashing images of Officer Islam, both in uniform and at home, smiling with his children in tow. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025

The hearse carrying Osbourne's casket, followed by his family who paid for the processional, travelled along Broad Street to the Black Sabbath bench on the Broad Street canal bridge. —Joanna Moriello, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025

Adjective

The processional saunter around Paris on the race’s last day is always so sterile and predictable. —Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 July 2025

Races used to be processional here, but the re-profiled turn 10 and the flat-out nature of the last turn have changed all that. —ArsTechnica, 2 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

circa 1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for processional

• compressional
• concessional
• confessional
• congressional
• obsessional
• professional
• recessional
• successional
• interprofessional
• paraprofessional
• semiprofessional
• nonprofessional

Kids Definition

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