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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 serviceplay

2. a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdrawplay

  Familiarity information: RECESSIONAL used as a noun is rare.


RECESSIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective RECESSIONAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to recedingplay

  Familiarity information: RECESSIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RECESSIONAL (noun)


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)


RECESSIONAL (adjective)


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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