Middle English Dictionary Entry
prōcessiǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prōcessiǒun n. Also -iane, procesioun, proses(s)ioun, procescon. |
| Etymology | OF processïon & L prōcessio, -iōnis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. precessioun n.
1.
(a) A religious procession; also, the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem; also fig.; (b) a funeral procession; (c) a secular procession, parade; joie and ~, celebration, festivity; (d) gon (wenden) ~, maken ~, to go in a procession, make a procession; yede ~, went in procession; (e) gon in (on) ~, wenden in (on) ~, passen forth in ~, to go in a procession, make a procession; comen (gon, wenden) with ~, come (go) in a procession; yede to ~, went in procession.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1103 : Mathias..wæs mid procession under fangan to abb.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9093 : He ȝef his gode spere, þer-mid me sculde þene drake bere þenne me scolde hali-dom beren to processiun.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)112 : Muche was þe Ioye of þe croyz þat men maden þe þere; With gret song and with processioun to þe Quiene huy hire bere.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10939 : King lowis..to þe holi lond wende..& þen holi wey bigan Wiþ procession of freres & of mani god man.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)5044 : Þe clergie com him a-ȝens, riȝt gailiche a-tyred, ful pertliche on procession.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.556 : I made my visitacions To vigilies and to processions.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)128b/b : Oure lord was I-fonge wiþ processioun [L processionaliter] and wiþ bowis & sprayes of treen.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1096 : Sodanly..I watz war of a prosessyoun; Þis noble cite..Watz sodanly ful..Of such vergynez in þe same gyse Þat watz my blysful.
- (a1430) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125180 : A man of the a crafte and a man of the tother crafte suld walke to gyder yerely, and..bryng furthe thair bather playes and uphald thair torches in the procession of Corpus Christi day.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)107/26 : On Corpus Cristi Day..þe prestys born þe Sacrament a-bowte þe town wyth solempne processyon.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)414 : Processyone: Processio.
- a1450 Dial.Bern.& V.(2) (Cmb Dd.1.1)762 : We..preye..Crist his soule lede To blisse in his processioun.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)52/6 : They..were ioyned to penaunce to go naked afore the procession thre Sondayes.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.58/6 : Moony stryves were i-meved..vppon þe processions of þe churchis of seynte George and of seynte marye Mawdelen in þe assencion daye of our lorde.
- (?1463) Acc.All Sts.Tilney27 : Pro procescon days.
- (a1483) Rec.St.Stephen in Archaeol.5051 : Clerkys..shal..suffer no grave nor pitte to be made in the procession way.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.91 : For þe same skyl is þe cros born aforn þe processioun.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)50/113 : With wel fair procession þis bodi forth huy bere.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1813 : This child..Vp taken was, syngynge his song alway, And with honour of greet processioun, They carien hym vn to the nexte abbay.
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)127/609 : Felawes..turne we þis processioun, And synge we faire þorw þis toun.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)827 : Þe hali water and þe croyce Was born bifore þe procession.
- a1450 St.Etheldr.(Fst B.3)865 : Þey tokon vp þis fayre body..And to þe heyȝe auter þere-with þey duden go With fayre processione.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)138/17 : The Erchebisshope openlich with grete solempnite and grete processyon brouȝte þes holy seyntes..in to Coleyne.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)105/25 : Þei entred þe cherch, and þat procession stood stille be-fore þe grete crosse.
c
- ?c1335(a1300) Cokaygne (Hrl 913)146 : Þe monkes..geþ to har collacione, A wel fair processione.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10063 : Þo king richard com to engelond..Mid ioye & procession þat folc aȝen him drou.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)6452 : Our men..biforn hem driuen al þe pray..And com to Carohaise, þat riche toun, Wiþ ioie and wiþ processioun.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)2908 : Þe bischop..brouȝte Beues in to þe toun Wiþ a faire prosesioun.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8069 : Fair was gret procession; þar was þan mani blith baron; þai went þam forth þe mikel stret.
- ?a1400 Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)11255 fn. : Grete presse was at þe procession, Ilkon proudere þan þe lion.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)3348 : Þai cunvayd him out of þe toun With ful faire processiowne.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)2992 : Ther was gadered alle the toun With mochel Ioye and processioun.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)767 : For ioye þat þe worme was slayne, Procession come hym agayne.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1561 : Þar passis þe procession..Of childire all in shalk quyte..With bellis & with baners & blasand torchis.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1397 : He wente yn-to þe toun; Wyth fayr processioun Þat folk com hym agayn.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)1144 : Wyth yoye and processyon They fett the lady into the towne.
d
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)89 : It is custume þat ech chirchsocne goð þis dai a procession.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)91 : Þus makede ure helende his holie procession fro betfage to ierusalem.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8368 : Massen & processions hii made monion.
- c1330 Roland & V.(Auch)872 : Al þe folk of þe lond, For onour of roulond..ȝede a procesioun Wiþ croice & gomfaynoun.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.21 : Þe kyng did mak at ȝork a faire procession.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)174/13 : On þe Holy Thursday..þe sayd creatur went processyon wyth oþer pepil.
- (1443) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.23253 : We write..prayeng yow that ye do all the..diligence possible..making all..ministers of Goddis chirch..to go openly and devoutly procession.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)52/1 : The pepill yode a procession..to pray to God that that orible sight might be ended.
- (1458) Visit Hen.VI (Vsp B.16)37 : The kyng, the Quene, with lordes many oone, To worshyp that virgine..Wenten a procession.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.De Prof.(LdMisc 683)88 : Prestys profite to sowlys..Whan for sowlys they go processioun.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)113 : The Quene and alle hyr byschoppys..wentte to Westemyster on hyr fete a prosessyon.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)2676 : Simeon and Anne bothe two Agaynes him maden processioun.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)27/1 : Lat vs gon a processioun and bere a taper.
- a1500(c1465) SEChron.(Lamb 306)75 : The kynge herde the masse of Jesus at Poulys, and so went a processyon thorowe the cite.
e
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)5 : Al þat folc eode þar ford to processiun to munte oliueti.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1846 : Ech preost somonede is paroche..to beon alle ȝare aȝein him with procession for-to wende.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.19 : Alle ye bretheren and sisteren of yis gilde shul comen to-geder..on ye day of seynt Katerine, for to gone with processioun wt her candel.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.7560 : The toun..cam with processioun Ayein Paris to sen his preie.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)129a/b : Me gooþ wiþ processioun [L processionaliter] to þe funte halewinge.
- a1400 CMSoul (Bod 923)263 : Open penaunce..is done..whan a man is enioigned openly to go in his schert or naked body..diuers daies on processioun.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5975 : Þei went on processioun, With herte contrit and deuocioun, To þe toumbe of Achilles.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)130/224 : Mekill folk of þat same toune Þar war cumen with processiowne For wirschip of þe haly tre.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)116/28 : Þei setten this ydole vpon a chare..And before the chare gon first in processioun all the maydenes of the contree.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)129/7 : As þei went in processyon, a gret woman al-to-despysed hir.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)209/260 : Go we þan with processioune To mete þat comely.
- c1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)436/8 : Alle the prestis and religious of London..went ayens hym yn prosession withoute the Cite.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)383/25 : The kynge and the moste party of his barownes com with procession ayenst sir Trystrames.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)165 : Alle the prelatys wente on processyon, beryng eche of hem a certayne relyke.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)351 : Þai passyd forthe in processioun, and alle þe pepulle folowid.
2.
Theol. The process of coming forth, emanation.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)326b/a : By generacioun þe sone comeþ of þe fader, and by processioun [L processionabilitatem] þe holy gost comeþ of þe fader and of þe sone.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)4.2299 : Thei had spoken of the filiacion of crist, oure lord, whether there be too or oon, And eke of the hooly goost and his procession.