"processionary" meaning in English

See processionary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more processionary [comparative], most processionary [superlative]
Etymology: procession + -ary Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|procession|ary}} procession + -ary Head templates: {{en-adj}} processionary (comparative more processionary, superlative most processionary)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or used in a procession
    Sense id: en-processionary-en-adj-7xw7pO-I

Noun

Forms: processionaries [plural]
Etymology: procession + -ary Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|procession|ary}} procession + -ary Head templates: {{en-noun}} processionary (plural processionaries)
  1. Any of several moths or caterpillars of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae Categories (lifeform): Noctuoid moths Derived forms: oak processionary, oak processionary moth (taxonomic: Thaumetopoea processionea), pine processionary (taxonomic: Thaumetopoea pityocampa), processionary caterpillar, processionary moth
    Sense id: en-processionary-en-noun-WPLd8BCg Disambiguation of Noctuoid moths: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ary Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 22 78

Inflected forms

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