Category:Salutatory

Sa*lu"ta*to*ry, a. Etym: [l. salutatorius. See salute.]

Defn: 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.

Salutatory Sa*lu"ta*to*ry, n.

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

2. (american colleges)

Defn: the salutatory oration.