allocution[noun]Synonyms: speech, address, lecture, talk
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allocution noun.
[alǝ'kju:ʃ(ǝ)n] Also
adlocution.
E17.[Latin allocutio(n-), from allocut- pa. ppl stem of alloqui address, from ad AL-1 + loqui speak: see -ION.]1. A formal or hortatory address.
E17.b. spec. Roman History. An address or exhortation by a general to his soldiers.
L17.2. An instance of being addressed or spoken to.
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