Meaning of ALLOCUTION
| Pronunciation: | | `alu'kyooshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts |
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| | See Also: | | address, speech | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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