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.
