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Hind :: Hind (a.) In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession..

Procession :: Procession (n.) An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.

Cortege :: Cortege (n.) A train of attendants; a procession.

Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger..

Procession :: Procession (v. i.) To honor with a procession.

Riding :: Riding (n.) A festival procession.

Chariot :: Chariot (n.) A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc..

Processioner :: Processioner (n.) An officer appointed to procession lands.

By :: By (adv.) Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by..

Procession :: Procession (n.) The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course..

Baldachin :: Baldachin (n.) A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession..

Processionary :: Processionary (a.) Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service..

Bannerol :: Bannerol (n.) A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.

Procession :: Procession (v. t.) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands..

End :: End (n.) Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence..

Pomp :: Pomp (n.) A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.

Skimmington :: Skimmington (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England..

Processional :: Processional (n.) A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions.

Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession..

Talipot :: Talipot (n.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper..

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