salutatory

/səˈludəˌtɔri/
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Definitions of salutatory
  1. noun
    an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)
    synonyms: salutatory address, salutatory oration
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    type of:
    oratory
    addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
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