Meanings
nounprocessionist (plural processionists)
plural processionists
- IndiaA person who marches in a procession.
And here also, just outside the Imambara, near the wayside shrine of a local saint, was a busy fair—where the mourning of the processionists intermingled with the festive excitement of people buying or selling knick-knacks and holy pictures […]
1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, New York: HarperPerennial, published 1994, Part Fifteen, p. 1144
Origin
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processionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/processionist
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“processionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/processionist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “processionist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/processionist.
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