All 4 Uses

salutation
in
Dante's Purgatory -- translated by Norton
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After the becoming and glad salutations had been repeated three and four times, Sordello drew back and said, "Ye, who are ye?"†
Canto 1-11 *
No fair salutation was silent between us; then he asked, "How long is it since thou camest to the foot of the mountain across the far waters?"†
Canto 1-11
[3] To the salutation, "Peace be with you," the due answer is, "And with thy spirit.†
Canto 12-22
Soon as they end the friendly salutation, before the first step runs on beyond, each strives to outcry the other; the new-come folk: "Sodom and Gomorrah," and the other, "Into the cow enters Pasiphae, that the bull may run to her lust."†
Canto 23-33

Definitions:

(1) (salutation)
a greeting -- such as "Hi", "Dear John:", or "Ladies and Gentlemen"

or:

the act of greeting
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, a salutation can refer to a gesture or verbal acknowledgement of someone's departure.