Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An opening or welcoming statement or address, especially one delivered at graduation exercises.
- adjective Of, relating to, or expressing a salutation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of or pertaining to salutation: as, a salutatory address.
- noun In the early church, an apartment belonging to a church, or a part of the diaconicum or sacristy, in which the clergy received the greetings of the people.
- noun The oration, usually in Latin, delivered by the student who ranks second in his class, with which the exercises of a college commencement begin; loosely, any speech of salutation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.
- noun (American Colleges) The salutatory oration.
- adjective 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Characteristic of a
salutation orgreeting . - noun A
greeting or an address or speech of greeting. - noun obsolete A place for saluting or greeting; a
vestibule ; aporch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)
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Examples
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Brown; music, "Battle Hymn"; salutatory, "Woman and Philanthropy," Mrs. Elizabeth Boynton Harbert; "Historical Record of the Educational
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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My grandmother was a Hull House child and my family's rise from poverty can be attributed directly to the salutatory influence of Jane Addams.
Tom Tresser: What Is Jane Addams' Heritage Worth to Chicago Tom Tresser 2012
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"Not every development since Watergate in American politics has been salutatory," said Kaine.
Tim Kaine: Anonymous Conservative Fundraising Could Be Biggest Scandal Since Watergate The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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"Not every development since Watergate in American politics has been salutatory," said Kaine.
Tim Kaine: Anonymous Conservative Fundraising Could Be Biggest Scandal Since Watergate The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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“Had the story not had such a salutatory effect on you, I might apologize.”
Aching for Always Gwyn Cready 2010
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Eating together also has other salutatory effects, such as lower incidences of dieting and extreme weight control behaviors such as purging, or use of laxatives, diuretics or diet pills.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Family Meal: A Prescription for Healthier Kids and Adolescents M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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We expect that his path and that of the Bodhidharma will intersect, but while the anticipation of that intersection does supply some tension, the salutatory structure is perhaps the novel's only real weakness.
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Eating together also has other salutatory effects, such as lower incidences of dieting and extreme weight control behaviors such as purging, or use of laxatives, diuretics or diet pills.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Family Meal: A Prescription for Healthier Kids and Adolescents M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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We expect that his path and that of the Bodhidharma will intersect, but while the anticipation of that intersection does supply some tension, the salutatory structure is perhaps the novel's only real weakness.
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Eating together also has other salutatory effects, such as lower incidences of dieting and extreme weight control behaviors such as purging, or use of laxatives, diuretics or diet pills.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Family Meal: A Prescription for Healthier Kids and Adolescents M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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