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Recessional Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Recessional has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

2

a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw

3

Music played during a church recession.

Adjective
1

of or relating to receding

2

Of or relating to recession or withdrawal, particularly at the end of a religious service or wedding.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
procession hymn
Rhyming Words
nal unal anal enal binal ianal fanal genal penal conal winal final monal manal gonal dunal zonal venal banal tonal
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