recessional adjective & noun.
[rɪ'sɛʃ(ǝ)n(ǝ)l] M19.[from RECESSION + -AL1.]A. adjective.
1. Ecclesiastical. Pertaining to the withdrawal of the clergy and choir to the vestry at the close of a service;
spec. designating a hymn sung during this.
M19.2. Pertaining to a recess of a legislative body etc.
L19.3. Geology. Designating a form of moraine resembling an end moraine deposited during a temporary halt or minor readvance of a receding glacier or ice sheet.
E20.b. noun. A recessional hymn.
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