salutatory oration
- noun
- /səˈluːtəˌtɔri ɔˈreɪʃən/
- Formal
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oración de apertura
- The class president delivered a heartfelt salutatory oration to open the graduation ceremony.
Examples
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The principal delivered a salutatory oration at the graduation ceremony.
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Her salutatory oration welcomed new students and their families to the campus.
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Every year, a different student is chosen to give the salutatory oration at commencement.
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Have you ever heard a salutatory oration at a commencement?
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Every year, a different student is chosen to give the salutatory oration at commencement.
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The class president delivered a heartfelt salutatory oration to open the graduation ceremony.
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Her salutatory oration welcomed new students and their families to the campus.
Synonyms
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1.8
A formal talk given to an audience to inform or persuade
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5.3
A formal speech given to a group of people
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5.9
A formal speech given at the start of an important job, for example by a president
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A formal speech given at a special event
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A formal speech that a new leader gives at the start of an important event
A welcoming speech that a student representative gives at the start of a graduation
A short speech that welcomes people at a graduation ceremony
How Welcoming
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components are directly compositional: 'salutatory' conveys a welcoming or introductory quality and 'oration' is a formal speech, so together they mean an opening or welcoming speech. This follows a straightforward adjective+noun pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Salutatory oration comes from Latin words: salutatory from a word meaning 'to greet' and oration from a word meaning 'a speech'. It was the speech that greeted people at the start of a ceremony, so today it means 'an opening or welcoming speech'.