valedictory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: valedictory	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for valedictory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
valedictory adj of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell; "a valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory gesture" of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address" n a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) Synonym(s): valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration, valedictory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Valedictory \Val`edic"tory\, 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`edic"tory\, 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.