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:
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(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.