recessional
/rɪˈsɛʃənəl/
noun
- A hymn or piece of music played at the end of a church service or ceremony as the clergy and choir leave.
- Everyone stood for the recessional at the graduation ceremony.
- The organist played a quiet recessional after the service.
- The choir sang a joyful recessional as the wedding ended.
adjective
- Relating to a recession, especially an economic recession.
- Recessional pressures caused many factories to close.
- The company's profits fell due to recessional conditions.
- The government introduced recessional policies to stimulate growth.
- Relating to the recession or withdrawal of something, such as a glacier or water.
- The recessional moraine marks where the glacier stopped moving.
- The recessional phase of the flood lasted several days.
- Recessional patterns of the river are studied by geologists.