salutatory (redirected from salutatories)

sa·lu·ta·to·ry  (s-lt-tôr, -tr)

n. pl. sa·lu·ta·to·ries

An opening or welcoming statement or address, especially one delivered at graduation exercises.

adj.

Of, relating to, or expressing a salutation.

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Noun

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salutatory - an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises) salutatory address, salutatory oration oratory - addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"