Definition of Salutations

1. Noun. (plural of salutation) ¹

2. Noun. (non-gloss definition Used as a greeting). ¹

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Definition of Salutations

1. salutation [n] - See also: salutation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salutations

salukis
salume
salumi
saluresis
saluretic
saluretics
saluric
salut des armes
salutarily
salutariness
salutarinesses
salutarium
salutary
salutation
salutational
salutations
salutatorian
salutatorians
salutatories
salutatory
salutatory address
salutatory speaker
salute
saluted
saluter
saluters
salutes
saluteth
salutiferous
salutiferously

Literary usage of Salutations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Orientalisms in Bible Lands by Edwin Wilbur Rice (1910)
"Salutations Important.—Salutations among Orientals precede and follow ... Half and sometimes nine- tenths of many of their letters consist of salutations. ..."

2. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... and is to be reproved; and these salutations are vain, and not to be observed, but denied, and to be judged, that plainness, and truth, and uprightness, ..."

3. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1862)
"FROM the earliest days of the Christian church, widely different views have been taken respecting the meaning of the apostolic salutations and benedictions, ..."

4. Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits by Alfred Cort Haddon, William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin (1912)
"GREETINGS, Salutations, AND VARIOUS SOCIAL CUSTOMS GREETINGS AND Salutations. By SH RAY. Greetings. THROUGHOUT the islands of Torres Straits the old form of ..."

5. Memoirs of My Own Timesby James Wilkinson by James Wilkinson (1816)
"Accept ray friendly salutations and assurances of esteem and respect. ... Accept, I pray you, my salutations and assurances of respect and esteem. ..."

6. Orientalisms in Bible Lands by Edwin Wilbur Rice (1910)
"Salutations Important.—Salutations among Orientals precede and follow ... Half and sometimes nine- tenths of many of their letters consist of salutations. ..."

7. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... and is to be reproved; and these salutations are vain, and not to be observed, but denied, and to be judged, that plainness, and truth, and uprightness, ..."

8. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1862)
"FROM the earliest days of the Christian church, widely different views have been taken respecting the meaning of the apostolic salutations and benedictions, ..."

9. Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits by Alfred Cort Haddon, William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin (1912)
"GREETINGS, Salutations, AND VARIOUS SOCIAL CUSTOMS GREETINGS AND Salutations. By SH RAY. Greetings. THROUGHOUT the islands of Torres Straits the old form of ..."

10. Memoirs of My Own Timesby James Wilkinson by James Wilkinson (1816)
"Accept ray friendly salutations and assurances of esteem and respect. ... Accept, I pray you, my salutations and assurances of respect and esteem. ..."

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