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recession

8.0

The movement of the church leaders and choir out of the front at the end of a service

noun
/rɪˈsɛʃən/

Jargon

: procesión de salida

As the choir finished their final hymn, they moved in a solemn recession from the altar to the vestry.

Examples

By holding governments accountable and making foreign aid contingent on good governance, donors can help reverse the democratic recession.

Academic text (2008)
Now, please rise for the recession of faith.

Fiction book (1999)
In a few short years, the democratic wave has been slowed by a powerful authoritarian undertow, and the world has slipped into a democratic recession.

Academic text (2008)
Beyond the façade, Western policymakers and analysts have failed to acknowledge the scope of the democratic recession for several reasons.

Academic text (2008)
The church bells chimed as the congregation stood to witness the recession of the clergy after the service.
At the end of the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom led the recession out of the church, followed by the guests.

Synonyms

recessional

vsrecession

Jargon

8.5

Church leaders and choir leave the front at the end of a service

has identical meaning but is described as a formal withdrawal

Antonyms

procession

54 4.1

A line of people or vehicles moving slowly in a ceremony

Surface Forms

recession singular

recessions plural

Morphology

recession = recess (semi-transparent) = recess + ion

The liturgical meaning (formal withdrawal/procession) is directly related to 'withdrawal' but is a specialized church term that learners may not infer from the base alone.

Etymology

Recession comes from the Latin recedere 'to go back' and is related to recede and recess, so in a church service the 'recession' is the formal 'going back' of the clergy at the end.