RECESSIONAL MARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recessional march mean? 

• RECESSIONAL MARCH (noun)
  The noun RECESSIONAL MARCH has 1 sense:

1. a march to be played for processions

  Familiarity information: RECESSIONAL MARCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECESSIONAL MARCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A march to be played for processions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

processional march; recessional march

Hypernyms ("recessional march" is a kind of...):

march; marching music (genre of music written for marching)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recessional march"):

dead march; funeral march (a slow march to be played for funeral processions)

wedding march (a march to be played for a wedding procession)