postlude — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.

   Examples

   In the Sibelian world of song, then, postludes would inevitably sound redundant or extraneous.

2. A concluding passage of text or speech; an epilogue or afterword.

   Examples

   This was Nabokov’s postlude to Lolita, where he relates the book’s genesis.

Verb

1. To form a postlude (to); to end with a postlude.

   Usage

   • Rare

   Examples

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   Mercifully never preceded by a drum-roll or postluded by a curtsey for applause, each poem seemed to arise from the surrounding prose, which Courtenay was successfully endeavouring to make sound as if it was being thought up on the spot.

Noun

1. a voluntary played at the end of a religious service

   Broader terms

   voluntary