'Valedictory' definitions:
Definition of 'valedictory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; "a valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory gesture"
adjective
Of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address"
noun
A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) [syn: valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration, valedictory]
Definition of 'Valedictory'
From: GCIDE
- Valedictory \Val`e*dic"to*ry\, a. Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Valedictory'
From: GCIDE
- Valedictory \Val`e*dic"to*ry\, n.; pl. Valedictories. A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'valedictory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- adieu,
- after-dinner speech,
- allocution,
- aloha,
- chalk talk,
- conge,
- debate,
- declamation,
- departing,
- diatribe,
- doch-an-dorrach,
- eulogy,
- exhortation,
- farewell,
- filibuster,
- final,
- forensic,
- forensic address,
- formal speech,
- funeral oration,
- Godspeed,
- good-bye,
- harangue,
- hortatory address,
- inaugural,
- inaugural address,
- invective,
- jeremiad,
- last,
- leave,
- leave-taking,
- leaving,
- oration,
- outward-bound,
- parting,
- parting words,
- pep talk,
- peroration,
- philippic,
- pitch,
- prepared speech,
- prepared text,
- public speech,
- reading,
- recital,
- recitation,
- sales talk,
- salutatory,
- salutatory address,
- say,
- screed,
- send-off,
- set speech,
- speech,
- speechification,
- speeching,
- stirrup cup,
- talk,
- talkathon,
- tirade,
- valediction,
- valedictorian,
- valedictory address,
- viaticum