recessional
nounA hymn or piece of music that accompanies a ceremonial recession.
nounA recession from a church.
adjectiveOf 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.
nounA hymn sung while the clergy and choir are leaving a church at the end of a service of public worship.
nouna 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.
adjectiveOf or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.
adjectivea hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room; a
Music played during a church
the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
