procession
Orderly ceremonial march
A procession is a group of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly line, often as part of a ceremony or ritual: a funeral procession, a wedding procession.
The word emphasizes formal, deliberate movement rather than a casual crowd.
Figuratively, a procession of events or items suggests a continuous sequence: a procession of witnesses took the stand.
Vehicle transporting caskets
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
- cortegeCeremonial attendant procession
- mournersThose lamenting a death
- casketBurial container
cemetery · graveside · interment · wake · burial · dirge · requiem · pall
Remains on surface
- marching bandMobile musical ensemble
- balloonsAir-filled rubber sacs
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- routePath from A to B
grandstand · banners · streamers · costumes · majorettes · drumline · confetti · crowds
Formal worship structure
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- acolytesDevoted followers or assistants
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
crucifix · candles · chanting · hymns · sanctuary · pilgrimage · sacrament · altar
Military personnel who fight
- formationCreation or arrangement
- marchRhythmic group walk
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- regimentColonel-led military unit
platoon · battalion · infantry · troops · column · drumbeat · uniform · parade ground
Marriage rite and feast
- brideWoman getting married
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
- aisleCorridor between seating sections
- bridesmaidsFemale wedding attendants
groomsmen · flower girl · ring bearer · veil · bouquet · train · ceremony · chapel
hearse
Vehicle transporting caskets
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
- cortegeCeremonial attendant procession
- mournersThose lamenting a death
casket · cemetery · graveside · interment · wake · burial · dirge · requiem · pall · shroud
floats
Remains on surface
- marching bandMobile musical ensemble
- balloonsAir-filled rubber sacs
- spectatorsThose who observe events
route · grandstand · banners · streamers · costumes · majorettes · drumline · confetti · crowds · pageant
liturgy
Formal worship structure
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- acolytesDevoted followers or assistants
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
incense · crucifix · candles · chanting · hymns · sanctuary · pilgrimage · sacrament · altar · benediction
soldiers
Military personnel who fight
regiment · platoon · battalion · infantry · troops · column · drumbeat · uniform · parade ground · colors
wedding
Marriage rite and feast
bridesmaids · groomsmen · flower girl · ring bearer · veil · bouquet · train · ceremony · chapel · altar
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
scepter · throne · carriage · entourage · herald · pageantry · nobles · courtiers · royal guard · trumpeters
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- ceremonial protocolsdress code, seating order, invocation, receiving line, recessional
- Medieval Festivitiesjousting, feast, banquet, tournament, coronation
- Parthenon sculpturespediments, frieze, drapery, torsos, heads
- cultural traditionsflamenco, tango, kabuki, hula, capoeira
- crowd movementstampede, surge, crowd surge, rush, mob
processionretreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
recession · regression · retrogression · withdrawal · reverse
- funeral processionFormal journey to interment
- processing plantsFacilities transforming raw materials
- word processingDigital text manipulation
- processing timeDuration to complete computation
- emotional processingHandling feelings internally
- fish processingReadying seafood for consumption
processing, processions, processional, reprocessing, processionals