Valedictory

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Valedictory \Val`e*dic"to*ry\, a.
     Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of
     leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Valedictory \Val`e*dic"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Valedictories}.
     A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in
     American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating
     class, usually by the leading scholar.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  valedictory
       adj 1: of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; "a
              valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his
              uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory
              gesture"
       2: of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address"
       n : a farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member
           of a graduating class [syn: {valediction}, {valedictory
           address}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "valedictory":
     Godspeed, address, adieu, after-dinner speech, allocution, aloha,
     chalk talk, conge, debate, declamation, departing, diatribe,
     doch-an-dorrach, eulogy, exhortation, farewell, filibuster, final,
     forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration,
     good-bye, harangue, hortatory address, inaugural,
     inaugural address, invective, jeremiad, last, leave, leave-taking,
     leaving, oration, outward-bound, parting, parting words, pep talk,
     peroration, philippic, pitch, prepared speech, prepared text,
     public speech, reading, recital, recitation, sales talk,
     salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, send-off, set speech,
     speech, speechification, speeching, stirrup cup, talk, talkathon,
     tirade, valediction, valedictorian, valedictory address,
     viaticum