KJV Dictionary - salutation
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SALUTATION
SALUTA'TION, n. L. salutatio. See Salute.
The act of saluting; a greeting; the act of paying respect or reverence by the customary words or actions; as in inquiring of persons their welfare, expressing to them kind wishes, bowing, &c. Luke 1. Mark 12.
In all public meetings and private addresses, use the forms of salutation, reverence and decency usual among the most sober people.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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