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[ val-i-dik-tuh-ree ] / ˌvæl ɪˈdɪk tə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR valedictory ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech. of or relating to an occasion of leave-taking: a valedictory ceremony. noun, plural val·e·dic·to·ries.an address or oration delivered at the commencement exercises of a college or school on behalf of the graduating class. any farewell address or oration. Origin of valedictory1645–55; <Latin valedict(us) (see valediction) + -ory1 Words nearby valedictoryVal d'Or, Valdosta, vale, valediction, valedictorian, valedictory, valence, valence band, valence-conduction band, valence electron, valence electrons Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for valedictoryLou's valedictory has been acclaimed, without sarcasm, as baseball's Gettysburg Address. The Stacks: The Day Lou Gehrig Delivered Baseball’s Gettysburg Address|Ray Robinson|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST The congresswoman ended her valedictory to a man she described as “our icon” by saying “Michael Jackson, I salute you.” The Constitution Is 400 Years Old and More Pearls From Sheila Jackson Lee|Ben Jacobs|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST This concession speech was both a tribute to his opponent and a valedictory to his lifetime of service to the country. A Speech to Make the World Stop|Mark Katz|November 5, 2008|DAILY BEAST Her valedictory, like her salutatory, was a diffuse apology for their intrusion upon the sacredness of the installation-eve.
The last man who was going to be married got his valedictory dinner at the close of session. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847|Various The financial and executive report of the two years' work is very concisely given in the valedictory address of June 6, 1867. Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men|Various Then he uttered a valedictory which I have always been glad to recall as his last message, for I never saw him again. The Story of a Pioneer|Anna Howard Shaw The students marched, singing songs of adieu, to present a valedictory address to the Rector. Lola Montez|Edmund B. d'Auvergne
British Dictionary definitions for valedictory/ (ˌvælɪˈdɪktərɪ, -trɪ) /
noun plural -riesa farewell address or speech US and Canadian a farewell speech delivered at a graduation ceremony, usually by the most outstanding graduate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to valedictoryterminal, goodbye, last, final, parting, departing |