Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PRO-CES'SION, n. [Fr. from L. processio. See Proceed.]

1. The act of proceeding or issuing. – Pearson.
2. A train of persons walking, or riding on horseback or in vehicles, in a formal march, or moving with ceremonious solemnity; as, a procession of clergymen and people in the Romish church; a triumphal procession; a funeral procession. Him all his train / Follow'd in bright procession. – Milton.