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processionally

processionally adverb: in processional fashion; one after the other.

Adverb

processionally (not comparable)

  1. In processional fashion; one after the other.
    • All riding before the venerable Religious Brethren of the Abbey of Saint Rhemigius, attired in white Aulbes, with the Crosse and Torchlight, singing Processionally, and the two Chauntres cloathed in Coapes, each bearing a Staffe of Siluer.1623, André Favyn, translated by Anthony Munday, The Theater of Honour and Knight-hood, or, A Compendious Chronicle and Historie of the Whole Christian World, London, Book 2, Chapter 14, p. 306
    • She had formed pretty notions, how charmingly it would look to have a penitent of her own making, dangling at her side, to church, thro’ an applauding neighbourhood: And, as their family increased, marching with her thither, at the head of their boys and girls, processionally, as it were, boasting...1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter I”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VI, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 2

Origin of processionally

From processional + -ly.

Questions about processionally

What does processionally mean?
Processionally means in processional fashion; one after the other.
What part of speech is processionally?
Processionally is an adverb.

Words near processionally in the dictionary

  1. processings
  2. procession
  3. processional
  4. processionalist
  5. processionalists
  6. processionally
  7. processionals
  8. processionaries
  9. processionary
  10. processionary caterpillar
  11. processionary caterpillars

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