Meaning & use
Postlude
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A piece of music played at the end of a service, concert, or event, especially in church worship.
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The organist played a triumphant postlude as the congregation filed out.
The composer wrote the postlude to bring the entire cycle of songs to a quiet close.
A note on using this word
Formed by analogy with 'prelude,' using the Latin prefix 'post-' (after) instead of 'pre-' (before).
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