Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
post·lude
\\ˈpōst-ˌlüd\\ noun ETYMOLOGY post- + -lude (as in prelude)
DATE 1851
1. a closing piece of music; especially : an organ voluntary at the end of a church service2. a closing phase (as of an epoch or a literary work) postlude
1851, from post- + (pre)lude.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
post·lude
\ˈpōstˌlüd, -ōˌsl-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: post- + -lude (as in prelude)
1. : a closing piece of music or the closing section of a piece; especially : an organ voluntary at the end of a church service
2. : a closing phase (as of an historical epoch or literary work
: epilogue