salutatory

[ suh-loo-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ səˈlu təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

pertaining to or of the nature of a salutation.

a welcoming address, especially one given at the beginning of commencement exercises in some U.S. high schools and colleges by the salutatorian.

Origin of salutatory

1635–45; < Medieval Latin salūtātōrius, equivalent to Latin salūtā(re) to salute + -tōrius -tory¹

sa·lu·ta·to·ri·ly, adverb un·sa·lu·ta·to·ry, adjective

Her valedictory, like her salutatory, was a diffuse apology for their intrusion upon the sacredness of the installation-eve.

Jessamine |Marion Harland
It was Freneau's salutatory at the beginning of his new career in Philadelphia.

The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume III (of III) |Philip Freneau
Salutatory Phrase—The words forming a salutation, or greeting.

Punctuation |Frederick W. Hamilton
However she received Gibson's salutatory remark she gave no hint of her feeling in the tone of her voice.

Spring Street |James H. Richardson

The warmest praise came from the poets,—the "high, impassioned few" of her "Salutatory."

Julia Ward Howe |Laura E. Richards

salutatory

/ (səˈluːtətərɪ, -trɪ) /

of, relating to, or resembling a salutation

salutatorily, adverb