plagal

adjective /ˈpleɪɡəl/

1. Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form.

   […] [Carol] King uses the plagal coda as affirmation in “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, the 1967 anthem to liberated female sexuality that King co-wrote with [Gerry] Goffin for Aretha Franklin.

2. Designating a cadence in which the subdominant chord precedes the tonic.

Where it comes from

From Late Latin plagalis, from plaga, from plagius, from Byzantine Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plágios, “plagal”), πλάγιος (plágios, “oblique”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry plagal (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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