2. Noun. (non-gloss definition Used as a greeting). ¹
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Definition of Salutations
1. salutation [n] - See also: salutation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salutations
Literary usage of Salutations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orientalisms in Bible Lands by Edwin Wilbur Rice (1910)
"Salutations Important.—Salutations among Orientals precede and follow ... Half and
sometimes nine- tenths of many of their letters consist of salutations. ..."
2. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... and is to be reproved; and these salutations are vain, and not to be observed,
but denied, and to be judged, that plainness, and truth, and uprightness, ..."
3. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1862)
"FROM the earliest days of the Christian church, widely different views have been
taken respecting the meaning of the apostolic salutations and benedictions, ..."
4. Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits by Alfred Cort Haddon, William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin (1912)
"GREETINGS, Salutations, AND VARIOUS SOCIAL CUSTOMS GREETINGS AND Salutations.
By SH RAY. Greetings. THROUGHOUT the islands of Torres Straits the old form of ..."
5. Memoirs of My Own Timesby James Wilkinson by James Wilkinson (1816)
"Accept ray friendly salutations and assurances of esteem and respect. ... Accept,
I pray you, my salutations and assurances of respect and esteem. ..."
6. Orientalisms in Bible Lands by Edwin Wilbur Rice (1910)
"Salutations Important.—Salutations among Orientals precede and follow ... Half and
sometimes nine- tenths of many of their letters consist of salutations. ..."
7. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... and is to be reproved; and these salutations are vain, and not to be observed,
but denied, and to be judged, that plainness, and truth, and uprightness, ..."
8. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1862)
"FROM the earliest days of the Christian church, widely different views have been
taken respecting the meaning of the apostolic salutations and benedictions, ..."
9. Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits by Alfred Cort Haddon, William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin (1912)
"GREETINGS, Salutations, AND VARIOUS SOCIAL CUSTOMS GREETINGS AND Salutations.
By SH RAY. Greetings. THROUGHOUT the islands of Torres Straits the old form of ..."
10. Memoirs of My Own Timesby James Wilkinson by James Wilkinson (1816)
"Accept ray friendly salutations and assurances of esteem and respect. ... Accept,
I pray you, my salutations and assurances of respect and esteem. ..."
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