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postlude

noun

  1. In Catholic worship, an organ piece played at the end of a divine service; in classical music, analogous to an epilogue
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊstluːd/

noun

Etymology: From post- + Latin lūdus (“play”) (modelled on prelude).

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

    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.

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

verb

Etymology: From post- + Latin lūdus (“play”) (modelled on prelude).

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

    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.