ALLOCUTION


Meaning of ALLOCUTION in English

ˌalə.ˈkyüshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Latin allocution-, allocutio, from allocutus (past participle of alloqui to speak to, from ad- + loqui to speak) + -ion-, -io -ion

1. : the act of addressing or exhorting

a period eminently suited to exhortatory allocution — F.S.Crafford

2. : address ; especially : an authoritative or hortatory address

a trio of centenary allocutions — Times Literary Supplement

that other allocution delivered 15 years later, when he was pleading with the Americans for a loan — R.F.Harrod

3. : an address delivered by a pope in secret consistory and often later published

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.