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salutatories

salutatories is the plural of salutatory.

Meaning of salutatory

Noun

salutatory (plural salutatories)

  1. (US) 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.
  2. (obsolete) 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.1641, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England, Thomas Underhill, Book 2, p. 80
    Synonyms:
    vestibule, porch

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Questions about salutatories

What is salutatories the plural of?
Salutatories is the plural of salutatory.

Words near salutatories in the dictionary

  1. salutationless
  2. salutations
  3. salutatoria
  4. salutatorian
  5. salutatorians
  6. salutatories
  7. salutatorily
  8. salutatorium
  9. salutatory
  10. salutatory address
  11. salutatory addresses

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