Christian procession

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A procession (from Latin procedere, "to advance, to move forward"; in the sense of "supplication procession" also Latin rogatio, from rogare, "to pray, to ask") is a religious ritual in which a group of people performs a solemn parade or circuit, usually on foot, arranged according to specific rules. To Christian authors, pagan processions (pompae) were regarded as a heathen custom from which a devout Christian should abstain, because of the imperial and polytheistic cults (pompa diaboli, "procession of the devil"). In early Christian liturgy, the only procession was the one to a burial.