recessional (adj.)

  1. of or relating to receding

    recessional (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

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