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n. A closing or farewell statement or address, especially one delivered at graduation exercises.

adj. Of, relating to, or expressing a valedictory.

adj. Of, or pertaining to, a valedictorian.

n. A speech given by a valedictorian at a graduation or commencement ceremony.

n. A farewell or parting address.

adj. Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking.

n. A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.

Bidding farewell; pertaining or relating to a leave-taking or bidding adieu; farewell: as, a valedictory speech.

n. pl. valedictories (-riz). A farewell oration or address (sometimes in Latin), spoken at graduation in American colleges and other institutions by one of the graduating class, usually by the one who has the highest rank. Compare valedictorian.

n. a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)

adj. of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell

adj. of a speech expressing leave-taking

"In what he described as a valedictory address - he steps down as South African president next year - Mandela said OAU states had to build on the decisions they had taken about an African economic community, as well as the regional economic units they had formed on the continent."

exaugural   

oratory   

farewel   

contradictory    victory   

salutatory    Fourth of July    inaugural    congratulatory    consolatory    extemporaneous    hortatory    eulogistic    choric    soul-stirring