recessional
Clergy's departure music
A recessional is a hymn or piece of music played as clergy and choir withdraw at the end of a religious service, or more broadly, any music accompanying a formal departure—as when newlyweds exit a ceremony.
As an adjective, recessional describes anything relating to such a withdrawal or to an economic recession.
Ceremonial entrance music
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- psalmSacred scriptural song
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- canticleScriptural text sung devotionally
chorale · doxology · vespers · motet · spiritual · worship · alleluia · evensong
Concluding musical piece
- organBody's working component
- fanfareCeremonial brass announcement
- marchRhythmic group walk
- preludeIntroductory piece or event
interlude · voluntary · finale · coda · accompaniment · choral · orchestral · stately
Way to leave
- farewellLeave-taking expression
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- partingAct of leaving another
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
valediction · withdrawal · procession · closing · ending · conclusion · finale · adjournment
Ceremonial entrance music
- aisleCorridor between seating sections
- altarSacred ritual table
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- marchRhythmic group walk
graduation · commencement · benediction · organist · bride · groom · vows · academic
Act of taking away
- pullbackWithdrawal or reduction
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- regressionReturn to former state
- backwardToward what's behind
retrograde · recoil · fallback · disengagement · de-escalation · demobilization · retiring · yielding
processional
Ceremonial entrance music
canticle · chorale · doxology · vespers · motet · spiritual · worship · alleluia · evensong · matins
postlude
Concluding musical piece
prelude · interlude · voluntary · finale · coda · accompaniment · choral · orchestral · stately · solemn
exit
Way to leave
- farewellLeave-taking expression
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- partingAct of leaving another
goodbye · valediction · withdrawal · procession · closing · ending · conclusion · finale · adjournment · dispersal
processional
Ceremonial entrance music
march · graduation · commencement · benediction · organist · bride · groom · vows · academic · gown
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- pullbackWithdrawal or reduction
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- regressionReturn to former state
backward · retrograde · recoil · fallback · disengagement · de-escalation · demobilization · retiring · yielding
- weddingwedding, wedding ring, marry, wedding ceremony, wedding rings
- weddingswedding, wedding dress, wedding cake, wedding ceremony, bride
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- choir termssoprano, alto, tenor, bass, baritone
- church weddingbride, groom, wedding march, wedding rings, bridal gown
- graduationcap and gown, diploma frame, graduation ceremony, graduate, commencement address
recessionalprocessional
Ceremonial entrance music
introit · prelude · entrance music · call to worship · invocation
recessionalprocessional
Ceremonial entrance music
advancing · approaching · entering · inward
- economic recessionSustained decline in output
- global recessionInternational economic decline
- Great RecessionMajor 2008 economic decline
- gum recessionLoss of gum tissue
- double-dip recessionEconomy falls, recovers, falls again
- recessional musicMusic closing a ceremony