The meaning of Salutatories and additional information.

Salutatory(a.) Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges.

Salutatory(n.) A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.

Salutatory(n.) The salutatory oration.