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Processional

A hymn or other music used during a procession; prosodion.

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noun
  1. 1

    A hymn or other music used during a procession; prosodion.

  2. 2

    A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner.

  3. 3

    A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of, pertaining to, or used during a procession, particularly at the start of a religious ceremony or wedding.

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prosodionnoun(Ancient Greece) a processional hymn

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prosodionnoun(Ancient Greece) a processional hymn
proemialnounOf or pertaining to a proem or proemium.
preceremonynounBefore a ceremony.
preceremonialOf sexual intercourse: taking place before the actual ceremony of marriage, but between a couple who are committed to getting married in the future.
preparadeBefore a parade.
preformative(grammar, chiefly in Semitic languages) of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.
preludialOf or pertaining to a prelude.
preinauguralPreceding or in preparation for an inauguration
proœmialObsolete form of proemial. [Of or pertaining to a proem or proemium.]
preambularyOf or pertaining to a preamble; introductory.
precursivePreceding; introductory; precursory.
pronubial(rare) Promoting, or presiding over, marriage.
precursalServing as a precursor or forerunner; coming before a later form.
openingnounAn act or instance of making or becoming open.
precontestnoun(bodybuilding) Of or pertaining to the phase of preparation in the weeks prior to a competition.
precursoryBeing or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
preambulatorynounPreceding; acting as a preamble; introductory.
prep.noun(grammar) Abbreviation of preposition. [(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.]
preweddingnounOccurring before or in anticipation of a wedding
precoursenounBefore a course, such as of training or medical treatment

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