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