Definition of Salutatory

1. Noun. An opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises).

Exact synonyms: Salutatory Address, Salutatory Oration
Generic synonyms: Oratory

Definition of Salutatory

1. a. 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.

2. n. A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.

Definition of Salutatory

1. Adjective. Characteristic of a salutation or greeting. ¹

2. Noun. A greeting or an address or speech of greeting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Salutatory

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salutatory

saluretic
saluretics
saluric
salut des armes
salutarily
salutariness
salutarinesses
salutarium
salutary
salutation
salutational
salutations
salutatorian
salutatorians
salutatories
salutatory (current term)
salutatory address
salutatory speaker
salute
saluted
saluter
saluters
salutes
saluteth
salutiferous
salutiferously
saluting
salutogenic
salvability
salvable

Literary usage of Salutatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1906)
"salutatory. The Maryland Historical Society announces to its members and the public, the establishment by it of a quarterly magazine of history under the ..."

2. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1906)
"salutatory. The Maryland Historical Society announces to its members and the public, the establishment by it of a quarterly magazine of history under the ..."

3. The Massachusetts Teacher by Massachusetts Teachers' Association (Founded 1845), Massachusetts Teachers Federation, Massachusetts Teachers' Association (1858)
"salutatory 1 Satire in the School Room 266 School Discipline 73 Schools of San Francisco 237 ... salutatory ..."

4. Life of Thurlow Weed Including His Autobiography and a Memoir by Thurlow Weed, Harriet A. Weed, Thurlow Weed Barnes (1883)
"THE salutatory. — ASSEMBLY NOMINATION. I HAD now been away from Rochester during the winters of 1824 and 1825, most of the summer of 1824, and a part of the ..."

5. The Massachusetts Teacher by Massachusetts Teachers' Association (Founded 1845), Massachusetts Teachers Federation, Massachusetts Teachers' Association (1858)
"salutatory 1 Satire in the School Room 266 School Discipline 73 Schools of San Francisco 237 ... salutatory ..."

6. Life of Thurlow Weed Including His Autobiography and a Memoir by Thurlow Weed, Harriet A. Weed, Thurlow Weed Barnes (1883)
"THE salutatory. — ASSEMBLY NOMINATION. I HAD now been away from Rochester during the winters of 1824 and 1825, most of the summer of 1824, and a part of the ..."

7. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1908)
"Confederate Expectations—General Lee's salutatory to the People of Maryland—The " Lost ... salutatory ..."

8. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1895)
"Confederate Expectations—General Lee's salutatory to the People of Maryland—The " Lost Despatch"—McClellan's Movements—Turn in the Tide of War—A Miracle ..."

9. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1908)
"Confederate Expectations—General Lee's salutatory to the People of Maryland—The " Lost ... salutatory ..."

10. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1895)
"Confederate Expectations—General Lee's salutatory to the People of Maryland—The " Lost Despatch"—McClellan's Movements—Turn in the Tide of War—A Miracle ..."

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