Salutatory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An opening or welcoming statement or address, especially one delivered at graduation exercises.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or expressing a salutation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Characteristic of a salutation or greeting.
  • n. A greeting or an address or speech of greeting.
  • n. A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges.
  • n. A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.
  • n. The salutatory oration.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of or pertaining to salutation: as, a salutatory address.
  • n. In the early church, an apartment belonging to a church, or a part of the diaconicum or sacristy, in which the clergy received the greetings of the people.
  • n. The oration, usually in Latin, delivered by the student who ranks second in his class, with which the exercises of a college commencement begin; loosely, any speech of salutation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    oratory   
    Cross Reference
    salutatory address   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    greeting    vestibule    porch    address   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blood-and-thunder    Fourth of July    care-of    valedictory    hortatory   
     
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