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RECESSIONAL
recessional
(adjective) of or relating to receding
recessional
(noun) a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
recession, recessional
(noun) the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
recessional (not comparable)
Of or relating to recession or withdrawal, particularly at the end of a religious service or wedding.
Noun
recessional (plural recessionals)
Music played during a church recession.
Coordinate terms
• processional
Source: Wiktionary
Re*ces"sion*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal. Recessional hymn, a hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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