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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Saluteth

The Bible

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  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: No

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Salute

SALU'TE, verb transitive [Latin saluto; salus or salvus.]

1. To greet; to hail; to address with expressions of kind wishes.

If ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Matthew 5:47.

2. To please; to gratify. [Unusual.]

3. To kiss.

4. In military and naval affairs, to honor some person or nation by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by striking colors, by shouts, etc.

SALU'TE, noun

1. The act of expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.

2. A kiss.

3. In military affairs, a discharge of cannon or small arms in honor of some distinguished personage. A salute is sometimes performed by lowering the colors or beating the drums. The officers also salute each other by bowing their half pikes.

4. In the navy, a testimony of respect or deference rendered by the ships of one nation to the ships of another, or by ships of the same nation to a superior or equal. This is performed by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, striking the colors or top-sails, or by shouts of the seamen mounted on the masts or rigging. When two squadrons meet, the two chiefs only are to exchange salutes.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Saluted

SALU'TED, participle passive Hailed; greeted.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Saluter

SALU'TER, noun One who salutes.