pirlicue means A summary, given at the end of an address or sermon, repeating its main points. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PIRLICUE — [Noun] A summary or recapitulation of the main points, given at the conclusion of an address or sermon. From Scots, likely an alteration of 'purlicue', of uncertain origin; folk etymology suggests a connection to French 'pour la queue' ("for the tail"), but this is unverified. Unlike a formal "recapitulation," which structures arguments for academic clarity, or a stirring "peroration," which aims to inflame the spirit, a pirlicue is a plainer, homelier knitting-up of threads. It is the preacher’s voice softening after thunder, the deliberate folding of a doctrinal map, the quiet gathering of scattered tools at the day’s end—a modest but necessary gesture of order before the final amen releases the congregation into the world’s noise.
noun
- A summary, given at the end of an address or sermon, repeating its main points.“[I]f you distaste the sermon, I doubt the pirliecue [footnote: A second sermon.] will please you as little.”