Recessional

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A hymn that accompanies the exit of the clergy and choir after a service.
  • n. A recession from a church.
  • adj. Of or relating to a recession.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Music played during a church recession.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.
  • n. a hymn or other piece of music sung or played while a church congregation is leaving a service, or a choir is returning to the cloak room; a recessional hymn.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or connected with recession, or a receding movement, as that of the choir or congregation at the close of a service: as, a recessional hymn.
  • n. A hymn sung while the clergy and choir are leaving a church at the end of a service of public worship.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
  • adj. of or relating to receding
  • n. a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    procession    hymn    anthem   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hym   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    delicateness    spiritedness    tunefulness    modishness    variation   
     
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