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a walk that thinks it's an argument for something.
means a ceremonial procession, or the music written to accompany one, moving people with deliberate slowness toward significance.
from from latin processio, a marching forth, first used for religious parades where the point wasn't arriving, it was being seen arriving.
tempo ruledeliberately slower than any normal human walk
church originmedieval clergy paraded relics through town streets
wedding versionhere comes the bride is technically a processional
opposite motionrecessional is the same walk, leaving instead
for instance
pomp and circumstance — elgar 1901, now inescapable at graduations worldwide
palm sunday procession — catholic churches reenact christ entering jerusalem
trooping the colour — british monarch's birthday parade since 1748
here comes the bride — wagner's bridal chorus, written for an opera, not a wedding