RECESSIONAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

recession; recessional

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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)

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)