salutatory
noun
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Pronunciation: /səˈluː.təˌtɔːɹ.iː/ / /səˈljuː.təˌtɜːɹ.iː/ / /səˈljuː.təˌtɹiː/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin salūs Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salutō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōrius Latin salūtātōriusbor. English salutatory Borrowed from Latin salūtātōrius.
- Characteristic of or relating to a salutation or greeting.
“a salutatory oration”
“a salutatory editorial”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin salūs Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salutō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōrius Latin salūtātōriusbor. English salutatory Borrowed from Latin salūtātōrius.
- A greeting; an address, speech or article of greeting; the first editorial by the new editor of a newspaper or periodical; an introduction or preface.
“She was chosen to deliver the salutatory at the commencement ceremony.”
“The first daily newspaper in the world was established and edited by a woman, Elizabeth Mallet, in London, March, 1702. It was called The Daily Courant. In her salutatory, Mrs. Mallet declared she had established her paper to “spare the public at least half the impertinences which the ordinary papers contain.””
- A place for saluting or greeting.
“[…] coming to the Bishop with Supplication into the Salutatory, some out Porch of the Church, he was charg’d by him of tyrannicall madnes against GOD, for comming into holy ground.”