processional

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Recent Examples of processional The address was aired after the royal family made their annual processional to St. Mary Magdalene Church. Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 25 Dec. 2025 Royal fans and political observers noted that Tiffany’s place in the processional was five places behind that of her husband, Michael Boulos, People said. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025 The processional’s route will be posted at a later time. Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025 The east-to-west processional from Scone, near Perth, to Oban would have been a journey of about 100 miles and would have involved a great deal of privation. Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for processional
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Noun
  • During the nuptials, a full brass band consisting of 12 horn musicians played during the recessional and led all guests into the cocktail hour.
    Emily Strohm, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
  • At the end of the ceremony, Paris and Théo performed a galliard—a dance from the Renaissance era—as their recessional.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Most come to the oratorio's biblical figures as themselves, but at least one appears incognito.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Maestro Harry Bicket conducts this dramatic oratorio composed in 1744 to an English libretto by the Reverend Thomas Broughton.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026

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“Processional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/processional. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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