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Definition of 'recessional'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) recessional
of or pertaining to a recession of the clergy and choir after a service.

2. recessional
of or pertaining to a recess, as of a legislative body.

3. (n.) recessional
a piece of music played at the end of a church service or other gathering.

Etymology: (1865–70)

Definition of 'recessional'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) recession, recessional
the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

2. (adj) recessional
a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw

3. (adj) recessional
of or relating to receding

Definition of 'recessional'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) recessional
of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal

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