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postlude

/ˈpəʊstluːd/ UK

Where it comes from

From post- + Latin lūdus (“play”) (modelled on prelude).

noun postludes

The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service. In the Sibelian world of song, then, postludes would inevitably sound redundant or extraneous.
A concluding passage of text or speech; an epilogue or afterword. This was Nabokov’s postlude to Lolita, where he relates the book’s genesis.

verb postludes · postluding · postluded

rare To form a postlude (to); to end with a postlude. 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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noun final part of a musical piece

Español	postludio
Français	postlude
Deutsch	Postludium, Nachspiel
Română	postludiu

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"postlude." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/postlude. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{postlude_2026,
  title = {postlude},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/postlude},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}