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Valedictory address   /vˌælədˈɪktəri ˈædrˌɛs/   Listen
Valedictory address

noun
1.
A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class).  Synonyms: valediction, valedictory, valedictory oration.






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"Valedictory address" Quotes from Famous Books



... Madge's valedictory address was almost over. She had spoken of "Friendship," what it meant to a girl at school and what it must mean to a woman when the larger and more important difficulties come into her life. "Schoolgirl friendships are of no small consequence," declaimed Madge; "the friendships made ...
— Madge Morton's Victory • Amy D.V. Chalmers

... candidate, that they had none ready though several biting. Jawster Sharp thought at one time that sheer necessity would give him another chance still; but even Rigby was preferable to Jawster Sharp, who, finding it would not do, published his long-prepared valedictory address, in which he told his constituents, that having long sacrificed his health to their interests, he was now obliged to retire into the bosom of his family. And a very ...
— Coningsby • Benjamin Disraeli



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