- salutatory oration
- nounan opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)• Syn: ↑salutatory address, ↑salutatory• Hypernyms: ↑oratory
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salutatory oration
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Salutatory — Sa*lu ta*to*ry, n. 1. A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (American Colleges) The salutatory oration. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
salutatory address — noun an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises) • Syn: ↑salutatory oration, ↑salutatory • Hypernyms: ↑oratory … Useful english dictionary
salutatory — I. a. Greeting. II. n. [U. S.] Salutatory oration at college commencement … New dictionary of synonyms
Salutatory — Sa*lu ta*to*ry, a. [L. salutatorius. See {Salute}.] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oration — Synonyms and related words: address, after dinner speech, allocution, chalk talk, debate, declamation, declaration, diatribe, discourse, eulogy, exhortation, filibuster, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration, harangue, homily … Moby Thesaurus
salutatory — Synonyms and related words: address, after dinner speech, allocution, chalk talk, debate, declamation, diatribe, eulogy, exhortation, filibuster, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration, harangue, hortatory address, inaugural,… … Moby Thesaurus
oration — noun an oration given in memory of McKinley Syn: speech, address, lecture, talk, homily, sermon, discourse, declamation, valedictory, salutatory; informal spiel; rare allocution … Thesaurus of popular words
salutatory — adj. & n. adj. of salutation. n. (pl. ies) US an oration, esp. as given by a member of a graduating class, often the second ranking member. Derivatives: salutatorian n. (in sense of n.). Etymology: L salutatorius (as SALUTE) … Useful english dictionary
Salutatorian — Sa*lu ta*to ri*an, n. The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship. [U.S.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eulogy — Synonyms and related words: acclaim, acclamation, accolade, address, adulation, after dinner speech, allocution, apotheosis, applause, bepraisement, burial service, chalk talk, citation, commendation, compliment, congratulation, coronach, dead… … Moby Thesaurus
