postlude
noun
- In Catholic worship, an organ piece played at the end of a divine service; in classical music, analogous to an epilogue
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊstluːd/
noun
Etymology: From post- + Latin lūdus (“play”) (modelled on prelude).
- 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.”
- 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).
- 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.”