Recessional

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Recessional \Re*ces"sion*al\, a.
     Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Recessional hymn}, a hymn sung in a procession returning
        from the choir to the robing room; a {recessional}.


        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  recessional \re*ces"sion*al\ (r[-e]*s[e^]sh"[u^]n*al), 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}.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  recessional
       adj : of or relating to receding
       n 1: the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to
            the vestry at the end of a church service [syn: {recession}]
       2: a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy
          and choir withdraw