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Salutatory

Sa-lū'ta-to-ry, a.

adjective

(50), a. [Lat. 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.

Sa-lū'ta-to-ry, n.

noun

n. 1. A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch. [Obs.] Milton.

Sense 2. (American Colleges.) The salutatory oration.