saludadort

[Sp., a quack who profe es to cure by prayers, also a saluter, His Maty was discoursing with the Bishops concerning miracles, and what strange things the Saludadors would in Spaine, as by creeping into heated ovens without hurt, and that they had a black cro e in the roofe of their mouthes, but yet were commonly notorious and profane wretches. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 16, 1685, salutatory Ther nas no good day, ne no saluing . Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 791. salutarily (sal'u-ta-ri-li), adv. In a salutary manner; beneficially. salutarine (sal'u-ta-ri-nes), n. 1. The prop. erty of being salutary or wholesome. Johnson. -2. The property of promoting benefit or prosperity. salutary (sal'u-ta-ri), a. [= F. salutaire = Pg. salutar = It. salutare, Although Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, were of greater name and current, yet they were not so salutary as the waters of Jordan to cure Naaman's leprosy. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 28. How many have murdered both stranger and friend by advising a medicament which to others may perhaps have been salutary! Landor, Imaginary Conversations, Epi[cur us and Me trod or us. 2. Promotive of or contributing to some beneficial purpose; beneficial; profitable. We entertain no doubt that the Revolution was, on the whole, a most salutary event for France. Macaulay, Mill on Government. = Syn. 1. Salubrious, etc. See healthy.-2. Useful, advantageous, favorable. salutation (sal-u-ta's hon), n. [ like: technically applied to liturgical greetings, especially to those between the officiating clergyman and the people. And.v. myle from Jherusalem, into ye whiche hous of Zacharye, after the salutacion of the aungell and the concepcion of Criste, the moste ble yd Virgyne, goynge into the mountaynes with grete spede, entred and saluted Elyzabeth. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 38. Al the bretheren grete you. Grete ye one another wyth an holy ky e. The salutacyon of me Paule wyth myne owne hande. Bible of 1551, 1 Cor. xvi. 20. The early village-cock Hath twice done salutation to the morn. Shak., Rich. III., v. 3. 210. Out into the yard sallied mine host himself also, to do fitting salutation to his new guests. Scott , Kenilworth, xix. He made a salutation , or, to speak nearer the truth, an ill-defined, abortive attempt at courtesy. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, vii. 21. Quickening; excitement; stimulus. For why should others' false adulterate eyes Give salutation to my sportive blood? Shak., Sonnets, cxxi. Angelic salutation. Same as Ave Maria (which see, under ave ). Salutation of our Ladyt, the Annunciation. Syn. 1. Greeting, Salutation , Salute . A greeting generally expre es a person's sense of pleasure or good wishes upon meeting another. Salutation and salute are by derivation a wishing of health, and are still modified by that idea. A salutation is personal, a salute official or formal; salutation suggests the act of the person saluting, salute is the thing done; a salutation is generally in words, a salute may be by cheers, the dipping of colors, the roll of drums, the firing of cannon, etc. Salutation and greeting to you all! Shak., As you Like it, v. 4. 39. On whom the angel Hail Bestow'd; the holy salutation used Long after to blest Mary, second Eve. Crying, Milton , P. L., v. 386. "Take my salute," unknightly with flat hand, However lightly, smote her on the cheek. Tennyson, Geraint.