Definitions for postlude

postlude post·lude

Spelling: [pohst-lood]
IPA: /ˈpoʊst lud/

Postlude is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 392 anagrams from letters in postlude (delopstu).

Definitions for postlude

noun

  1. a concluding piece or movement.
  2. a voluntary at the end of a church service.

Origin of postlude

1850-55; post- + -lude Latin lūdus game, modeled on prelude

Examples for postlude

The postlude is orchestral, with the chorus speaking above the music.

Opening with a musical and lyrical prelude, this symphonic composition was to end with a postlude.

For postlude two measures from the cantabile of Chopin's "Funeral March" are used with droll effect.

A postlude to a wedding-march and a prelude to a funeral ditto.

That Brahms actually had some such intention in adding the postlude is in the personal knowledge of the present writer.

A postlude to the day's funeral march; a prelude to freedom.

Word Value for postlude
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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