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salutatory

adj
/səˈluː.təˌtɔːɹ.iː/US/səˈljuː.təˌtɜːɹ.iː/UK

Etymology

From Latin salūtātōrius.

  1. borrowed from salūtātōrius

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of or relating to a salutation or greeting.

    • a salutatory oration
    • a salutatory editorial
    • a salutatory address

  2. A greeting

    A greeting; an address, speech or article of greeting; the first editorial by the new editor of a newspaper or periodical; an introduction or preface.

    • She was chosen to deliver the salutatory at the commencement ceremony.
    • […] a robin red-breast, winging his way from the orange and jasmine boughs of the far sweet South, rested on the ivied wall, and poured out his happy heart in a salutatory to the rising sun.

  3. A place for saluting or greeting.

    • […] coming to the Bishop with Supplication into the Salutatory, some out Porch of the Church, he was charg’d by him of tyrannicall madnes against GOD, for comming into holy ground.

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Derived

salutatorian, salutatory address

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA