procession 
It is obvious that the Effect la always the Procession of 
its Cause, the dynamical aspect of the statistical condi- 
tions, tf. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, I. U. 87. 
2. A succession of persons walking, or riding 
on horseback or in vehicles, in a formal march, 
or moving with ceremonious solemnity. 
Goth with faire proccssioun 
To lerusalem thorwe the toun. 
King Horn (E. E. T. .), p. 91. 
All the priests and friars in my realm 
Shall in procession sing her endless praise. 
Shot., I Hen. VI., 1. 6. SO. 
The whole body, clothed in rich vestments, with candles nrocessioner 
In their hands, went in procession three times round the 
holy sepulchre. Pococlce, Description of the East, II. 1. 18. 
Let the long, long procession go. 
And let the sorrowing crowd about It grow. 
Tennyson, Death of Wellington, ill. 
3. An office, form of worship, hymn, litany, etc., 
said or sung by a number of persons advancing 
with a measured and uniform movement Pro- 
cession of the Holy Ghost, in theol., the emanation or 
proceeding of the Holy (ihost either from the Father (tin- 
gle procession) or from the Father and the Son (double pro- 
cession). See t'ilioque, and Xicene Creed (under Xicene). 
Procession week. Same as Rogation week (which see, 
under rouation). To go procession 1 , to take part in a 
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and down the trunks of trees In single, double, or quad- 
ruple file. The name is also extended to other larvte of 
similar habit See the quotation. 
You will see one caterpillar come out and explore the 
ground with care ; a second immediately follows, a third 
following the second, and after these come two which 
touch each other and the one that precedes them ; these 
are followed by three ; then comes a row of four, then a 
row of five, then a row of six, all these following with pre- 
cision the movements of the leader. From this circum- 
stance Is derived their name ul processionary caterpillar. 
S. a. Ooodrich, In H. J. Johnson's Nat Hist 
II. n. Same as processioner, 2. 
,,n. [< ME. pro- 
cessyoiiare (del. 2), < OF. processionaire, F. \rro- 
cessionnaire, < ML. processiouarius, pertaining 
prochronism 
poral, and dividing the jugular inclosure into two fo- 
ramina, a large outer, and nmaller Inner one. Processus 
lenticularts, the lenticular process. Processus muB- 
cularls.the projection at the external angle of the aryte- 
noid cartilage, where the posterior and lateral crico-aryte- 
noid muscles are Inserted. Processus reticularis, a 
reticulated offset of gray matter near the middle of the 
outer surface of the gray crescents of the spinal cord. 
see figure under spinal cord. ProcessuB unclnatus, 
the hooked process of a rib. as of a bird, which Is articu- 
lated with and projects backward from the rib, overlying 
the next rib or several ribs ; an eplpletira. See cut under 
epipleura. 
The vertebral piece* are distinguished by bsckwardly 
llrect processes (pncetstis uncinati), which are applied to 
he body of the succeeding rib. 
.''/( M.I 1 1 ( , ^ IM..U. j/i wGoarK/ffur , j > 1 1 ;i 1 1 1 1 1 1 ^ wsJBBOBW, Comp. Anut. (trans.), p. 440. 
to a procession, neut. processionarium, a proces- Processus vaglnalls perttonei, a pouch of peritoneum 
sional (book) : see processionary. ] 1 . One who ^tending Into the scrotum during the descent of the testl 
tfoes in a procession PRnro T Afterward the upper part becomes obllteiated, leav- 
ire> J Ing the lower part as a closed sac, which Is known as the 
The proeettionen, seeing them running towards them, tuniea oaginalu. Processus vocalls, the horizontal pro- 
iinil with them the troopers of the holy brotherhood with jectlon at the anterior angle of the base of the aryteuold 
their cross-bows, began to fear some evil accident. cartilage, for the Insertion of the true vocal cord. 
Janu, tr. of Don Quixote, I. iv. 26. (Danes.) proces verbal (pro-sa' ver-bal'). [F., a min- 
2. A county officer in North Carolina and Ten- ute > an authenticated statement in writing: 
uessee charged with the duty of surveying lands 
at the request of an occupant claiming to be 
owner. 
procession-flower, . See mMtcort, 1. 
processioning (pro-sesh'on-ing), n. [Verbal 
n. of procession, v.*] A survey and inspection . , 
of boundaries periodically performed in some procnein, a. [1 . prochain, next, neighboring, < 
of the American colonies by the local authori- L.j>rarii,near: see proximate.] Next; near- 
ties, for the purpose of ascertaining and per- est: U8ed J D the law phrase prochein amy (or 
procession (pro-sesh'on), v. [= It. processio- petuating correct boundaries of the various <""'). the next friend, a person who undertakes 
nare, < ML. processionare, go in procession; landowners. It was analogous in part to the perambu to assist an infant or minor in prosecuting his 
I. intrant. To go in proces- latlons practised In England (see perambulation, 4), and 
was superseded by the Introduction of the practice of accu- 
rate surveying and of recording. The term is still used of 
some olttclal surveys In North Carolina and Tennessee. 
, 
procession of parishioners, led by the parish priest or the 
-tron of the church, making the round of the parish, and 
invoking blessings on the fruits, with thanksgiving. 
Bury me 
Under that holy-oke or gospel-tree, 
Where, though thou see 'st not, thou may 'st think upon 
Me when thou yeerly go'tt procession. 
HerricJc, To Anthea. 
. a process; rerbal, verbal: see verbal.] 
In French law, a detailed authenticated account 
of an official act or proceeding: a statement of 
facts, especially in a criminal charge ; also, the 
minutes drawn up by. the secretary or other of- 
ficer of the proceedings of an assembly. 
from the noun.] 
sion. 
There Is eating, and drinking, and processioning, and 
masquerading. Caiman, Man and Wife, I. 
Two weary hours of processio, 
the inevitable collation. 
.iiifiah tjiiiiii-ii. Figures of the Past, p. 368. 
II. trans. 1. To treat or beset with proces- 
sions. [Bare.] 
When theyr feastfull dayes come, they are . . . with no 
small solemnltye mattensed, massed, candeled, lyghted, __._ / v 
processioned, censed, etc. Bp. Bale, English Votaries, i. PrOCesSaVe (pro-sea iv), a. 
2. 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, un- 
der bound 1 . 
or her rights Procheln avoidance, in lav, a power 
to present a minister to a church when It shall become 
void. 
prochilous (pro-ki'lus), a. [< Gr. 
.Man and Wife ~l iSaeitt) ' al surveys in North Carolina and Tennessee. procMlOUB (pro-ki'lus), a. [< Gr. irp6 X ei*o<;, 
ioning about the town and P r <X*SSlonist (pro-sesh'on-ist), ... [< proces with prominent lips, < xpo, before, forward, + 
sum + -ist.] One who takes part in a proces- xtOa^tip, snout.] Having protuberant or pro- 
sion. trusilo lips. Cone*. 
A few roughs may have thrown stones; and certainly prochloiite (pro-klo'riO, II. [< pro- + elllnrite."] 
the processionists gave provocation, attacking and wreck- In mineral a. kind of Milnritn , ,,-,-i >,-,! ,,,r i ,, fnli 
Ing the houses of Protestants, especially at the Broadway. 
Fortnightly Itec NS XL. 2*8 ated or granular masses of a green color: it con- 
:-fib"s,;~' <*>* <*"*> . B n:n^', oSrt'S'^ P P^ M ,,,, 
Once In every four years [in the Virginia colony) the 
vestry, by order of the county court, divided the parish 
Into precincts, and appointed two persons in each pre- 
cinct to procession the lands. These surveyors, assisted 
advancing. L'oierulg 
process-server (pros'es-s^r'ver), H. One who 
processes or summonses; a sheriff's officer; a 
bailiff. 
He hath been ... a procfus-terver, a bailiiT. 
Shale., W. T., iv. 3. 102. 
A cephalopod < 
mites (pro-kd-a-ni'te'z), w. pi. [NL., < 
Gr. irp6, before, -f- \oavri, a funnel : see choana, 
choanite.] A group of holochoanoid uautiloid 
cephalopods whose septal funnels are turned 
forward: contrasted with Metachoanites. Hy- 
Johns Hopkins Hist. Studies, III. 64. 
..- - ... . to the formation of cartilage ; about to become 
cessual agency (the peculiar agency of a cogni- cartilage. 
-... _- - .-:- . -=-- --"- sembling the 
sion: see procession.] 1. a. Pertaining to a tinuare, continue: see continue.] In hug. law, oinochoe' but in 
procession; consisting in, having the move- a writ for the continuance of process after the 
ment of, or used in a procession: as, a procex- death of the chief justice or other justices in 
sional hymn. Processional cross. Seecronti. the commission of oyer and terminer. 
II. H. 1. An office-book containing the offices processus (pro-ses'us), n.; pi. processus. [NL., 
with their antiphons, hymns, rubrical direc- (li.proeessus, a process: seeprocess.] Inanat., 
tious, etc., for use in processional litanies and a process; an outgrowth; a part that proceeds 
other religious processions. to or toward another part Processus a cerebel- 
general more 
slender,and with 
a handle rising 
higher above the 
rim : used espe- 
cially to pour wa- 
- T---, r ter on the hands 
The ancient service books, ... the Antiphoners, Mis- } <" cerebrum the anterior peduncles of the cerebel- b e f ore meals 
is, Orailes, Pe*ionaU, . . .In Latin or English, writ- m - ^l"/^-^'* ; a eerebeUp ad testes, , 
sals,(i 
ten or printed. R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng'., xvl. 
2. A hymn sung during a religious procession, 
particularly during the entry of the clergy and 
choir into the church before divine service. 
processionalist(pr9-sesh'on-al-ist), n. [^pro- 
cessional + -1st.] One who walks in a proces- 
sion ; a processionist. 
processionally (pro-sesh'on-al-i), adv. In the 
manner of a procession; in solemn or formal 
march. 
Henry [V.J himself rode between long glittering rows 
of clergy who had come processionally forth to bring him 
into Kouen by its principal gate. 
Rode, Church of our Fathers, III. I. 305. 
processionary (pro-sesh'on-a-ri), a. and n. [< 
ME. processionary, n.: = F. proccssionnaire = 
Sp. procesionario = Pg. processionario, < ML. 
procesxioiuiriug. pertaining to a procession, < L. 
processio(n-), procession: see procession.] I. 
a. 1. Consisting in formal or solemn proces- 
sion. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. $ 41. 2. In 
i n turn., specifically, forming and moving in a 
procession: said of certain caterpillars Pro- 
cessionary caterpillar, the larva of the European bom- 
bycid moth Cn*thocampa processiimea. which travels up 
the anterior peduncles of the cerebellum. Xee peduncle. 
Processus ad medullam, the Inferior peduncles of the 
cerebellum. See peduncle. Processus adpontem, the 
middle peduncles of the cerebellum. See peduncle. Pro- 
cessus anonymus, an obtuse tubercular projection on 
either side of the cerebral surface of the basilar process, 
In front of the orifice of the precondylar foramen. Pro- 
cessus brevis, the short process of the malleus. Also 
called processus conoideus externut, obtusits, and gccundus. 
Processus caudatus, the tan of the anthelix of the 
ear. See second cut under earl. Processus clavatus, 
the clava or superior enlargement of the funiculus graci- 
lis Processus cpchleariformls, a thin lamina of bone 
above the Eustachlan canal In the petrous section of the 
temporal bone, separating that canal from the canal for the 
tensor tympanl muscle. Processus costarius. (a) The 
ventral root of a cervical transverse process. (6) A trans- 
verse process of a lumbar vertebra. Processus cune- 
atus, the tuberculum cuneatnm, or slight superior en- 
largement of the funiculus cuneatns. Processus e 
cerebello ad cerebrum, the superior peduncle of the 
cerebellum. See peduncle. Processus e cerebello ad 
medullam oblongatam, the inferior peduncle of the 
cerelwllum. Processus e cerebello ad pontem, the 
middle peduncle of the cerebellum. Processus e cere- 
bello ad testes, the superior peduncle of the cerebellum. 
Processus falciformis, the falciform process of the 
were served. 
The holding the 
prochus up high (>.,*- 
< <ji ji- < >f t rn observed 
in those who pour 
out for a libation. 
C. O. Miiller, Manual 
[of Arctueol. (trans. ), 
[1288. 
Greek Prochofc with black-figured deco- 
ration. 
..- Processus inter) uguiarls, a process from th Tc- 
cipital bone uniting with the petrous part of the tern- 
prochoria (-ft). 
[NL., < L. pro, 
before, + NL. chorion, q. v.] The primitive 
chorion; the outer envelop of an ovum: in 
man and some other animals specially known 
as the sonapellucida. it is the yolk-sac or vitelline 
membrane, not entering into the formative changes which 
go on within it during the germination and maturation of 
the ovum, but in the course of development becoming the 
chorion proper, and forming the outermost of the mem- 
branes which envelop the fetus. 
prochorionic (pro-ko-ri-on'ik), a. [< prochorion 
-if.] Of or pertaining to the prochorion. 
prochronism <pro'krgn-izm), H. [= Pg. pro- 
cliroiii.fiHii = Sp. It. pnicroniamo ; < Gr. 
Xpovof, preceding in time, previous -/>, )><- 
