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Definition of postlude - 4 dictionary results

post⋅lude

  [pohst-lood]
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–noun Music.
1. a concluding piece or movement.
2. a voluntary at the end of a church service.
Origin:
1850–55; post- + -lude < L lūdus game, modeled on prelude
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post·lude   (pōst'lōōd')   
n.  
  1. Music
    1. An organ voluntary played at the end of a church service.
    2. A concluding piece.
  2. A final chapter or phase.

[post- + (pre)lude.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Postlude

Post"lude\, n. [Pref. post- + -lude, as in prelude.] (Med.) A voluntary at the end of a service.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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postlude 
1851, from post- + (pre)lude.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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