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单词 retrocessional
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retrocessionaladj.n.

Brit. /ˌrɛtrəʊˈsɛʃn̩(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌrɛtroʊˈsɛʃ(ə)n(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: retrocession n., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < retrocession n. + -al suffix1. With use as adjective compare precessional adj., processional adj. With use as noun compare processional n.
Now rare.
A. adj.
Of or relating to retrocession (in various senses).
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society > faith > worship > parts of service > return to vestry > [adjective]
recessional1867
retrocessional1897
1855 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 1 315 The top's tendency to fall is converted by the rotation into the precessional (or rather retrocessional) movement.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 28 July 6/3 At the close they retired singing a fine retrocessional hymn.
1907 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. (rev. ed.) III. 436 The retrocessional phases may have been recorded only in cool climates in high latitudes, and in glaciation at high altitudes.
1999 National Underwriter (Nexis) 23 Aug. 2 Both companies had failed to buy enough of their own retrocessional protection.
B. n.
Christian Church. = recession n.1 3g. Cf. recessional n. 2.
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society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > recessional > [noun]
recessional1867
retrocessional1879
1879 Wesleyan Missionary Notices June & July 171/2 There is the priest in confessionals, in processionals, and, I think they call it, retrocessionals.
1881 Jrnl. 98th Ann. Convent. Protestant Episcopal Church New Jersey 39 After the blessing, the Nunc Dimittis..was sung, followed by the retrocessional.
1911 G. H. B. Ward Truth about Spain vi. 89 The close of the service, when the time came for the retrocessional to the Altar of the Blessed Virgin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1855
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