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RECESSIONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does recessional mean?
• RECESSIONAL (noun)
The noun RECESSIONAL has 2 senses:
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
Familiarity information: RECESSIONAL used as a noun is rare.
• RECESSIONAL (adjective)
The adjective RECESSIONAL has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: RECESSIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
recession; recessional
Hypernyms ("recessional" is a kind of...):
procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)
Derivation:
recessional (of or relating to receding)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("recessional" is a kind of...):
anthem; hymn (a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation))
Derivation:
recessional (of or relating to receding)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to receding
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
recession (the act of becoming more distant)
Derivation:
recession (the act of becoming more distant)
recessional (a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw)
recessional (the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service)
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