recessional

noun

A hymn or piece of music that accompanies a ceremonial recession.

noun

A recession from a church.

adjective

Of or relating to a recession.

Pertaining to or connected with recession, or a receding movement, as that of the choir or congregation at the close of a service: as, a recessional hymn.

noun

A hymn sung while the clergy and choir are leaving a church at the end of a service of public worship.

noun

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.

adjective

Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.

adjective

a hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room; a recessional.

noun

Music played during a church recession.

noun

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