processional

1. 1.

   intended for use in a procession

   “processional music”

   “processional cross”
2. 2.

   of or relating to or characteristic of a procession

   “in good processional order”

1. 1.

   religious music used in a procession

   Synonymsprosodion

   Broaderreligious music

Other forms of processional

plural

processionals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about processional

What does processional mean?

processional means "intended for use in a procession". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in processional?

processional has 4 syllables: pro-ces-sio-nal. The stress falls on "ces". In IPA it is /pɹəˈsɛʃənəl/.

What is another word for processional?

Close synonyms include prosodion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is processional a common word?

processional is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with processional?

1 word rhymes with processional. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.