recessional

noun

a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw

the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

adjective

of or relating to receding

Roots

rere- · Latin · back cedo-cess · Latin · go, yield

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