funeral procession

noun

A procession, usually in motor vehicles or by foot, from a funeral home or place of worship to the cemetery or crematorium, accompanying the deceased.

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Meanings

nounfuneral procession (plural funeral processions)

plural funeral processions

  1. A procession, usually in motor vehicles or by foot, from a funeral home or place of worship to the cemetery or crematorium, accompanying the deceased.

    After his death on April 21, Vatican officials moved to prepare his body for one last journey: a funeral procession to the church where he will be buried as the 266th pope.

    2025 April 26, “Francis’ Last Journey”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2025

Translations

French cortège funèbre
  • cortège funèbreTranslations
German Trauerzug, Leichenzug
  • TrauerzugTranslations
  • LeichenzugTranslations
  • KonduktTranslations
Italian convoglio
  • convoglioTranslations
Polish kondukt
  • konduktTranslations
Portuguese procissão fúnebre
  • procissão fúnebreTranslations
Spanish cortejo fúnebre
  • cortejo fúnebreTranslations
Swahili msafara wa mazishi
  • msafara wa mazishiTranslations
Welsh gorymdaith angladdol
  • gorymdaith angladdolTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

funeral procession. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funeral%20procession

MLA

“funeral procession.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funeral%20procession. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “funeral procession,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funeral%20procession.

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