recessional Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
    recession.
  2. noun a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
  3. adjective of or relating to receding

WordNet

Re*ces"sion*al adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.

Webster 1913