D defs.my
Menu ☰
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Recessional

· Re·ces·sion·al · IPA
01 a. Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.
Phrases & compounds
Recessional hymn — a hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room; a recessional.
02 n. 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; …
  1. 1.
    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.