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Definition of VALEDICTORY

Valedictory
Valedictory Val`e*dic"to*ry, a. Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.
Valedictory
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.

Meaning of VALEDICTORY from wikipedia

- ceremony commencement before the students receive their diplomas. The valedictory address, also known as the valediction, is generally considered a final...
- The Valedictory Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late November or early December at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario...
- A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), parting phrase, or complimentary close in American English, is an expression used...
- of his retirement, Washington instructed James Madison to prepare a "valedictory address", an initial draft of which was entitled the "Farewell Address"...
- School Formal or "Formal." In Australia, some schools may also have a Valedictory Dinner, which is like the formal but has students, parents, and teachers...
- "Mr. Burr's Valedictory Addrefs" Washington Federalist, District of Columbia, March 13, 1805...
- Sir John Nicholas Henderson, GCMG, KCVO (1 April 1919 – 16 March 2009), known as Nicko Henderson, was a British diplomat and writer, who served as British...
- everything that made Orbison great, and for that reason it makes a ****ing valedictory". Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 spent 53 w****s on the US charts, peaking...
- Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2009. "Valedictory Centenary Lecture by President of India on Jagjivan Ram Centenary Function"...
- The Daily Targum published a poem featuring his achievements. In his valedictory speech, he exhorted his classmates to work for equality for all Americans...