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Allocution

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: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Allocution: address \| after-dinner speech \| chalk talk \| debate \| declamation \| diatribe \| eulogy \| exhortation \| filibuster \| forensic \| forensic address \| formal speech \| funeral oration \| harangue \| hortatory address \| inaugural \| inaugural address \| invective \| jeremiad \| lecture \| oration \| pep talk \| peroration \| philippic \| pitch \| prepared speech \| prepared text \| public speech \| reading \| recital \| recitation \| sales talk \| salutatory \| salutatory address \| say \| screed \| set speech \| speech \| speechification \| speeching \| talk \| talkathon \| tirade \| valediction \| valedictory \| valedictory address 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.

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:

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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