postlude

== English == === Etymology === From post- +‎ Latin lūdus (“play”) (modelled on prelude). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊstluːd/ === Noun === postlude (plural postludes) (music) The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service. A concluding passage of text or speech; an epilogue or afterword. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === postlude (third-person singular simple present postludes, present participle postluding, simple past and past participle postluded) (rare) To form a postlude (to); to end with a postlude. === Further reading === Postlude in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.