apopemptic

adjective

ap·​o·​pemp·​tic

¦apə¦pem(p)tik

archaic

: sung or addressed to one departing : valedictory

apopemptic hymns

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek apopemptikos, from Greek apopemptos dimissed (from apopempein to send off, dismiss, from apo- + pempein to send) + -ikos -ic

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