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procession
English
Etymology
From Middle English processioun, borrowed from Old French pourciession, from Latin pr?cessi? (“a marching forward, an advance, in Late Latin a religious procession”), from pr?c?dere, past participle pr?cessus (“to move forward, advance, proceed”); see proceed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???s???n/
- Hyphenation: pro?ces?sion
Noun
procession (plural processions)
- The act of progressing or proceeding.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Pearson to this entry?)
- A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
- 1914, Westways (volume 6, page 7)
- The final fifty miles of the race was a procession with little change in the relative positions of the cars […]
- 1914, Westways (volume 6, page 7)
- A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
- (ecclesiastical, obsolete, in the plural) Litanies said in procession and not kneeling.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- -cade
- cavalcade
- cortege
- flypast
- march-past
- motorcade
- parade
Verb
procession (third-person singular simple present processions, present participle processioning, simple past and past participle processioned)
- (intransitive) To take part in a procession.
- (transitive, dated) To honour with a procession.
- (transitive, law, US, North Carolina and Tennessee) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).
- 1856, Alexander Mansfield Burrill, "PROCESSIONING", in A Law Dictionary and Glossary
- To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.
- 1856, Alexander Mansfield Burrill, "PROCESSIONING", in A Law Dictionary and Glossary
Synonyms
- process
Further reading
- procession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- procession in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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phalanx
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin phalanx or Ancient Greek ?????? (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Doublet of plank.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fe?.?læ?ks/, /?fæ.?læ?ks/
- Hyphenation: pha?lanx
Noun
phalanx (plural phalanxes or phalanges)
- (historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
- (historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
- (plural phalanxes) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
- (anatomy, plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.
Synonyms
- (anatomy, bone of the finger or toe): phalange
Hyponyms
- (bone of the finger): distal phalanx, intermediate phalanx, proximal phalanx
Translations
Latin
Alternative forms
- falanx (later form)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (phálanx). Compare Latin phalanga.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?p?a.lanks/, [?p?ä??ä?ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fa.lanks/, [?f??l??ks]
Noun
phalanx f (genitive phalangis); third declension
- phalanx, battalion
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- phalanga
Descendants
References
- phalanx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phalanx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- phalanx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
- phalanx in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- phalanx in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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