- a usually short section appended to the conclusion of a book or film:The novel ends rather grimly, but the epilogue reveals that most of the characters go on to find fulfillment.
- a later event that illuminates or reinforces the significance of an earlier set of events: The sad life of Tasso, the last great poet of the Italian Renaissance, was a fitting epilogue to the age, whose genius also declined into decadence.
- a speech, usually in verse, delivered by one of the actors after the conclusion of a play.
- the actor who delivers a play’s epilogue.
- a speech, usually in verse, addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- the actor speaking this
- a short postscript to any literary work, such as a brief description of the fates of the characters in a novel
- (esp formerly) the concluding programme of the day on a radio or television station, often having a religious content
