postlude
Service's final piece
A postlude is a piece of music played at the end of a church service, as the congregation exits—the counterpart to a prelude.
More broadly, it can be any concluding piece or final chapter: The memoir's postlude reflects on lessons learned.
The word combines "post" (after) with the Latin root for play.
Closing musical passage
- outroSong's closing section
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- organBody's working component
- recessionalClosing ceremony music
hymn · voluntary · chorale · Bach · improvisation · processional · keyboard · choral
Concluding literary section
- afterwordConcluding remarks in books
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
coda · closure · ending · summation · resolution · culmination · completion · signoff
Results of actions taken
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- healingRestoration of health
rebuilding · residue · remnants · aftereffects · repercussions · aftermath · outcome · legacy
Sustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- afterthoughtIdea added belatedly
recollection · remembrance · musing · pondering · reverie · serenity · tranquility · silence
coda
Closing musical passage
recessional · hymn · voluntary · chorale · Bach · improvisation · processional · keyboard · choral · instrumental
epilogue
Concluding literary section
- afterwordConcluding remarks in books
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- finaleConcluding part of performance
wrap-up · coda · closure · ending · summation · resolution · culmination · completion · signoff · peroration
consequences
Results of actions taken
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
healing · rebuilding · residue · remnants · aftereffects · repercussions · aftermath · outcome · legacy · wake
contemplation
Sustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
afterthought · recollection · remembrance · musing · pondering · reverie · serenity · tranquility · silence · solitude
- soundtracksfilm score, theme music, original score, main theme, end credits
- Wedding Musicwedding march, wedding song, bridal chorus, first dance, processional
- church musicanthems, hymnal, masses, hymnbook, canticles
- church servicehymnal, sermon, readings, pew, offertory
- musical passagesintermezzo, passage, cadenza, overture, coda
- worship elementsprayer, sermon, homily, hymn singing, scripture reading
postludeprelude
Introductory piece or event
introduction · overture · prologue · opening · beginning
postludeprelude
Introductory piece or event
introit · processional · entrance music · invocation · call to worship