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Recessional   Listen
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recessional  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; a recessional hymn.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Recessional" Quotes from Famous Books



... the thousand and one topics of vital importance to be even touched upon while the service was in progress, but once the recessional rolled forth Peggy's and Polly's tongues ...
— Peggy Stewart at School • Gabrielle E. Jackson

... in a moment of serious reflection on the flamboyant militarism of British sentiment during the South African War, wrote this remarkable "Recessional," so strikingly unlike his other war-time poems. It is to be hoped he did not suddenly repent his Christian impulse, but with the chauvinistic cry around him, "Our Country, right or wrong!" he seems to have felt the contrast of his prayer—and ...
— The Story of the Hymns and Tunes • Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth

... objection to the singing of the "Recessional" in the Chicago public schools on the ground that the atheists might be offended, the ...
— Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor - Volume I • Various



Words linked to "Recessional" :   recessional march, procession, recession, anthem, hymn



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