1. a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic; [syn: plagal cadence, amen cadence]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amen cadence
n 1: a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the
chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic
[syn: plagal cadence, amen cadence]