postlude

A piece of music, often a voluntary, performed at the conclusion of a religious service.

• 🇫🇷Pièce musicale, souvent une improvisation, jouée à la fin d'un service religieux.

1. Concluding musical piece C1 formal

   A piece of music played at the end of a religious service, often as the congregation leaves.

   • The organist played a quiet postlude as the church emptied.
   • A triumphant postlude concluded the evening service.
   • The choir sang a final hymn before the postlude began.

   🇫🇷Postlude (pièce conclusive)

   Synonymes: voluntary

   Antonymes: prelude

• postludes plural form
• postludes' possessive plural form
• postlude's possessive singular form