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  • n  the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
  • n  a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
  • a  of or relating to receding

  • Retracing this great march, which was both a recessional and an inaugural, the Durants again demonstrate their immense talent for transmuting tireless research into never .
  • But in the long recessional from the '60s, and especially during the Reagan years, the moral will to advance the cause of blacks through Government action has waned, a function of .
  • With Viet Nam out of the way at last, a measured American recessional resumes with negotiations on trade and troop reductions that may well have a profoundand perhaps .
News & Articles

  • Tewksbury grads honored for trailblazing
    TEWKSBURY -- Sandwiched between the school band's performances of the Processional March by Sir Edward Elgar and the Recessional March by John Philip Sousa, Tewksbury Memorial High School's Class of 2013 took time to recall their years together
    June 8, 2013 - Lowell Sun
Quotes

  • John Rodriguez in CTV.ca
    This was something that I was keeping my fingers crossed and was praying and hoping wouldn't happen, and up to this point it seemed that the global recessional tsunami was going to stay away from Sudbury,Rodriguez said in an interview....
  • Iris Evans in Reuters
    Although many people have seen deep recessional circumstances globally, Alberta is in better shape than almost anywhere else in the world,Iris Evans, the province's finance minister, told reporters. "We consider ourselves lucky."
  • Bob Carr in Sydney Morning Herald
    While Anzacs in their thousands gathered each year at Martin Place, and sang the Recessional, and heard the Last Post, Marcel stayed home and tried not to let it enter his thoughts,Mr Carr said. "His comrades turned up to glean what...

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