processionist

English

Etymology

From procession +‎ -ist.

Noun

processionist (plural processionists)

1. (India) A person who marches in a procession.
   • 1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy‎^[1], New York: HarperPerennial, published 1994, Part Fifteen, p. 1144:

     And here also, just outside the Imambara, near the wayside shrine of a local saint, was a busy fair—where the mourning of the processionists intermingled with the festive excitement of people buying or selling knick-knacks and holy pictures […]