apopemptic
adjective
ap·o·pemp·tic
\¦apə¦pem(p)tik\
Definition of apopemptic
archaic
: sung or addressed to one departing : valedictory apopemptic hymns
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Origin and Etymology of apopemptic
Late Greek apopemptikos, from Greek apopemptos dimissed (from apopempein to send off, dismiss, from apo- + pempein to send) + -ikos -ic
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