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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Valedictory  \Val`e*dic"to*ry\,  a. 
  Bidding  farewell;  suitable  or  designed  for  an  occasion  of 
  leave-taking;  as  a  valedictory  oration. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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" 
  [syn:  {farewell(a)}] 
  n  :  a  farewell  oration  delivered  by  the  most  outstanding  member 
  of  a  graduating  class  [syn:  {valediction},  {valedictory 
  address}] 




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