† processionalistn.
Obsolete.
= processionist n.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one going in procession
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parader1747
processionalist1780
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1780 T. Davies Mem. Life David Garrick I. xxviii. 321 The stage..amidst the parading of dukes, dutchesses, archbishops, peeresses, heralds, &c. was covered with a thick fog from the smoke of the fire, which served to hide the tawdry dresses of the processionalists.
1873 Galaxy Mag. Dec. 786 The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, who make a regular and successful business of disturbing the thoroughfares of a whole city, ought surely to be styled processionalists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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