recessional

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
noun a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
adjective of or relating to receding

From recession + -al.

The "Recessional" was written for the occasion by Rudyard Kipling (1865--). — Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes, Charles Madison Curry
Steps on the stairs disturbed them; the recessional had begun; four solemn persons filed out the area gate. — The Green Mouse, Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Miss Ella Stowbody obliged with a recital of “The Recessional” and extracts from “Lalla Rookh.” By request, she gave “An Old Sweetheart of Mine” as encore. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis

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