salutatory

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

Of, relating to, or expressing a salutation.

Of the nature of or pertaining to salutation: as, a salutatory address.

In the early church, an apartment belonging to a church, or a part of the diaconicum or sacristy, in which the clergy received the greetings of the people.

The oration, usually in Latin, delivered by the student who ranks second in his class, with which the exercises of a college commencement begin; loosely, any speech of salutation.

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.

A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.

The salutatory oration.

Characteristic of a salutation or greeting.

A greeting or an address or speech of greeting.