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salutation|sæljuːˈteɪʃən|
Forms: 4–5 salutacioun, 4–6 -acion, -acyon, 5 -acioune, 6 -atioun, -atyon, -asyon, 6– salutation.
[a. OF. salutacion (mod.F. salutation), ad. L. salūtātiōn-em, n. of action f. salūtāre to salute. Cf. Sp. salutacion, It. salutazione.]
1. a. The action, or an act, of saluting; a manner of saluting; an utterance, form of words, gesture, or movement, by which one person salutes another.
1382Wyclif Luke i. 41 As Elizabeth herde the salutacioun of Marie, the ȝonge child in hir wombe gladide. c1386Chaucer Shipman's T. 8 Swiche salutacions and contenaunces Passen as dooth a shadwe vp on the wal. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 307 Þanne a poore sowtere fondede to teche a chouȝhe to speke and seie þe same salutacioun. 1471Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) II. 352 Whan hercules sawe the salutacion..of this man, he toke hym by the hande [etc.]. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lviii. 201 Whan all the company had made there salutasyons one to an nother. 1610Shakes. Temp. iii. iii. Stage Direction, Enter seuerall strange shapes, bringing in a Banket; and dance about it with gentle actions of salutations. 1620Westward for Smelts (Percy Soc.) 23 He..kissed her.., after this salutation, he said [etc.]. 1650Jer. Taylor Holy Living ii. §5 (1686) 101 In all publick meetings, or private addresses..use those forms of salutation..which..[are] usual amongst the most sober persons. 1706J. Potter Antiq. Greece iv. xix. (ed. 2) II. 374 The most common Salutation was by the conjunction of their right Hands. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 88 The commonalty of late are, by their salutation, come to be immediately known, whether they are protestants or papists. Sixtus V..granted an indulgence of one hundred days to the salutation, ‘Praised be Jesus Christ’, and the answer, ‘For ever or amen’. 1821Scott Kenilw. xix, Out into the yard sallied mine host himself also, to do fitting salutation to his new guests. 1851Hawthorne Ho. Sev. Gables vii. (1852) 76 He made a salutation, or, to speak nearer the truth, an ill-defined, abortive attempt at courtesy. 1851Dixon W. Penn iv. (1872) 32 He had bowed his head and taken off his hat in salutation. 1867M. E. Herbert Cradle L. vii. 202 Their usual salutation was—‘welcome’.
transf.1594Shakes. Rich. III, v. iii. 210 The early Village Cock Hath twice done salutation to the Morne.
b. the Angelic(al salutation, † the salutation of our Lady, etc.: the Ave Mary (see Luke i. 29). Also a representation of the Annunciation.
1459in Archæologia XXI. 37 A Tablet of gold of y⊇ Salutacion of our Lady. 1534in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 197 A masar..with a prynt in the bothom of siluer & gilte of the salutacion of ovr lady. c1600Soc. Rosary xiii. 192 Next after our Lords praier the Angells Salutation is vsually saide. Ibid. xi. 170 The Angelicall Salutation. 1852A. Jameson Leg. Madonna Introd. (1857) 25 Towards the end of the tenth century the custom of adding the angelic salutation, the ‘Ave Maria’, to the Lord's prayer, was first introduced.
c. Applied to certain liturgical formulas of greeting between the minister and the people. esp. in the Church of England: ‘The Lord be with you’.
1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 294 The preste..sayeth Dominus vobiscum... The quier answereth, Et cum spiritu tuo, And with thy spirite. In this salutacion of the preste, and answere of the people, or of the quier, the preste prayeth that oure lorde be with them, & they pray that oure lorde be with hym. 1832W. Palmer Orig. Liturg. I. 161 Then followed the salutation and kiss of peace; after which the priest read the collect, ‘ad pacem’. 1929E. C. Thomas Lay Folk's Hist. Liturgy ii. v. 182 In 1552 the Salutation and Kyrie [in Morning Prayer] were postponed to the Creed. 1978D. M. Hope in C. Jones et al. Study of Liturgy ii. iii. ix. 231 The people said ‘Amen’ at its [sc. the Epistle's] conclusion and the Gospel continued..after the salutation by the celebrant.
d. Naut. The action of saluting by firing of guns, lowering of flags, etc.; an instance of this, a salute. Now rare.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xv. 15 b, The chains of the hauen being opened with salutation accustomed of the one side & other. 1652Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. Ep. Ded. 13 That egregious attempt upon your Shipping, under pretence of a friendly salutation. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Salutation, Saluting with the flag, is performed two ways; either by holding it close to the staff, so as it cannot flutter, or by striking it so as it cannot be seen at all, which is the most respectful salutation. 1808Scott Marm. vi. xxiii, And distant salutation past From the loud cannon's mouth.
2. Elliptically for ‘I offer salutation’. arch.
1535Coverdale Ezra vii. 12 Vnto Eszdras..peace and salutacion. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. i. 38 Most millitarie sir salutation. 1600― A.Y.L. v. iv. 39 Salutation and greeting to you all. 1871Alabaster Wheel of Law 224 The donor says: ‘Salutation to this land with its produce, salutation to the priest to whom I give it’.
3. Antiq. A visit of ceremony paid to a Roman in his house.
a1700Dryden tr. Horace, Epode ii. 17 And court and state, he wisely shuns, Nor brib'd with hopes, nor dar'd with awe, To servile salutations runs. 1741Johnson Life Morin Wks. IV. 478 It is easy to conceive that a man of this temper was not crouded with salutations; there was only now and then an Antony that would pay Paul a visit.
¶4. nonce-use. (Cf. salute v. 5.)
c1600Shakes. Sonn. cxxi, For why should others false adulterat eyes Giue salutation to my sportiue blood?
5. attrib. or passing into adj.
1713Addison Guardian No. 137 ⁋5, I have seen him in every inclination of the body, from a familiar nod, to the low stoop in the salutation sign. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 106 Thus a patient may be constantly making bowing movements (salutation spasm). 1903H. C. Maxwell-Lyte in Cal. Charter Rolls (1903) I. Pref. 5 In form, a Charter is distinguished from Letters Patent by the salutation clause addressed to Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Earls, Barons and so forth..by the quare volumus clause.
Hence saluˈtational, saluˈtationless adjs.
1855Househ. Words XII. 388, I would not advise the shooting of squires for breaches of salutational reciprocity; only, if his worship did not take off his hat to me in return, I would never again take off mine to his worship. 1885Howells Silas Lapham II. 116 The two came out together, and parted in their salutationless fashion. |