Al'lo-cū'tion, n.
n. [Lat. allocutio, from alloqui, to speak to; ad and loqui, to speak; Fr. allocution.]
Sense 1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
Sense 2. An address; a formal address, as of a general to his troops, or of the pope to his clergy. Addison.