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PROCESSIONAL
Most commonly refers to the book containing information about church processions; also applied to the services in a religious procession, or the hymns sung during such a service, and the path of a religious procession. In medieval times processionals were the books pertaining to local churches.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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