a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel.
2.
a speech, usually in verse, delivered by one of the actors after the conclusion of a play.
3.
the person speaking this.
Also, epilog.
Origin
1375-1425;late Middle Englishepiloge < Latinepilogus < Greekepílogos peroration of a speech, equivalent to epi-epi- + lógos word
Examples from the web for epilogue
The short epilogue, however, is anti-climatic.
But there seems to be a happy epilogue to the story so far.
He divides his topic into ten chapters and an epilogue.
The few remaining songs in the performance feel like an epilogue.
Though he avoids judgments for much of the book, Anderson adds mild criticism to praise in his epilogue.
At first, Bragg planned to write about his stepson only in the prologue and epilogue.
Those who contunue through the sluggish beginning will be rewarded with a climactic conclusion and tidy epilogue.
In an epilogue, he tells how they fared.
Readers already familiar with the trilogy will find a few gems of insight, especially the epilogue on Tolkien's literary theory.
Smith's account of his family's wacky adventures in Baja features a new epilogue.
British Dictionary definitions for epilogue
epilogue
/ˈɛpɪˌlɒɡ/
noun
1.
a speech, usually in verse, addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
the actor speaking this
2.
a short postscript to any literary work, such as a brief description of the fates of the characters in a novel
3.
(Brit) (esp formerly) the concluding programme of the day on a radio or television station, often having a religious content
Derived Forms
epilogist (ɪˈpɪlədʒɪst) noun
Word Origin
C15: from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, from logos word, speech
Word Origin and History for epilogue
n.
early 15c., from Middle French epilogue (13c.), from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos "conclusion of a speech," from epi "upon, in addition" (see epi-) + logos "a speaking" (see lecture (n.)). Earliest English sense was theatrical.