Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun recessional

2 senses of recessional

Sense 1
recession, recessional -- (the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service)
       => procession -- (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden")

Sense 2
recessional -- (a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw)
       => hymn, anthem -- (a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation))

Similarity of adj recessional

1 sense of recessional

Sense 1
recessional -- (of or relating to receding)