procession

noun

A group of persons, vehicles, or objects moving along in an orderly, formal manner.

noun

The movement of such a group.

noun

Origination; emanation.

intransitive verb

To form or go in a procession.

To go in procession.

To treat or beset with processions.

In some of the American colonies, to go about in order to settle the boundaries of, as land. The term is still used in North Carolina and Tennessee. Compare to beat the bounds, under bound.

noun

The act of proceeding or issuing forth or from anything.

noun

A succession of persons walking, or riding on horseback or in vehicles, in a formal march, or moving with ceremonious solemnity.