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.
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postlude — [ pɔstlyd ] n. m. • 1882; de post et (pré)lude ♦ Mus. Pièce musicale composée pour conclure une œuvre vocale ou instrumentale (opposé à prélude). ● postlude nom masculin (d après prélude) Conclusion écrite ou improvisée, destinée à clore une… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Postlude — Post lude, n. [Pref. post + lude, as in prelude.] (Med.) A voluntary at the end of a service. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
postlude — 1851, from post + (pre)lude … Etymology dictionary
postlude — [pōst′lo͞od΄] n. [ POST + (PRE)LUDE] 1. an organ voluntary played at the end of a church service 2. a musical selection that concludes a performance … English World dictionary
Postlude — Un postlude (prononciation :[pɔstlyd]) est, dans le domaine de la composition musicale, le contraire du prélude (substitution du préfixe post), la conclusion écrite ou improvisée d’une œuvre musicale. Le postlude est destiné à clore une… … Wikipédia en Français
postlude — noun Etymology: post + lude (as in prelude) Date: 1851 1. a closing piece of music; especially an organ voluntary at the end of a church service 2. a closing phase (as of an epoch or a literary work) … New Collegiate Dictionary
postlude — /pohst loohd/, n. Music. 1. a concluding piece or movement. 2. a voluntary at the end of a church service. [1850 55; POST + lude < L ludus game, modeled on prelude] * * * … Universalium
Postlude — Organ composition to be played directly following a Christian church service … Historical dictionary of sacred music
postlude — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. epilogue, finale, close; see end 2 … English dictionary for students
postlude — closing piece of music at end of church service Ecclesiastical Terms … Phrontistery dictionary
