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Plural
processions
1
a group of people, animals, or vehicles moving ahead in an organized formation
- A procession of elephants walked through the festival grounds.
- The bride entered the hall in a formal procession.
- The funeral procession moved slowly through the city streets.
- Cars formed a procession behind the parade floats.
- Students marched in a procession for graduation.
2
the act of advancing toward a goal or destination
- The march was a steady procession toward the city center.
- Ideas in the lecture followed a clear mental procession.
- Time seemed to move in an endless procession during the lecture.
- The hikers continued their procession up the mountain.
- The ceremony marked the procession of students into adulthood.
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the coming into being of the Holy Spirit
- The doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit is central to Christian theology.
- Early Church debates focused on the procession of the Spirit from the Father and the Son.
- Iconography often depicts the procession of the Holy Spirit as a dove.
- The Nicene Creed mentions the procession of the Spirit.
- Theological texts discuss the procession of divine grace.