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Allocution

Allocution Meaning & Definition
Allocution Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Allocution?

[n] (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

Synonyms | Synonyms for Allocution:

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See Also | address | speech

Allocution In Webster's Dictionary

\Al`lo*cu"tion\, n. [L. allocuto, fr. alloqui to speak to; ad + loqui to speak: cf. F. allocution.] 1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words. 2. An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. --Addison.

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