'Salutatory' definitions:
Definition of 'salutatory'
From: WordNet
noun
An opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises) [syn: salutatory address, salutatory oration, salutatory]
Definition of 'Salutatory'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Salutatory'
From: GCIDE
- 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 American colleges. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'salutatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- after-dinner speech,
- allocution,
- chalk talk,
- debate,
- declamation,
- diatribe,
- eulogy,
- exhortation,
- filibuster,
- forensic,
- forensic address,
- formal speech,
- funeral oration,
- harangue,
- hortatory address,
- inaugural,
- inaugural address,
- invective,
- jeremiad,
- oration,
- pep talk,
- peroration,
- philippic,
- pitch,
- prepared speech,
- prepared text,
- public speech,
- reading,
- recital,
- recitation,
- sales talk,
- salutatory address,
- say,
- screed,
- set speech,
- speech,
- speechification,
- speeching,
- talk,
- talkathon,
- tirade,
- valediction,
- valedictory,
- valedictory address