All 15 Uses
salutation
in
Ben Hur
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- The stranger turned fiercely; but, seeing the solemn countenance of Joseph, so in keeping with his deep, slow voice and speech, he raised his hand in half-salutation, and replied, "Peace be to you, Rabbi!†
Chpt 1.9
- The laborers paused, sat up, wrung the water from their hands, and returned the salutation.†
Chpt 1.13 *
- I am Simonides, and a Jew; and I return you your salutation, with prayer to know who calls upon me.†
Chpt 4.3
- On the other side, Simonides, as was his habit in business, after answering the salutation went straight to the subject.†
Chpt 4.11
- The manner was gentle and devout, and impressed Ben-Hur with a feeling of awe; besides which the blessing included in the answering salutation had been partly addressed to him, and while that part was being spoken, the eyes of the aged guest, hollow yet luminous, rested upon his face long enough to stir an emotion new and mysterious, and so strong that he again and again during the repast scanned the much wrinkled and bloodless face for its meaning; but always there was the expression bland, placid, and trustful as a child's.†
Chpt 4.14
- "Iras, the daughter of Balthasar, sends me with salutation and a message," said a servant to Ben-Hur, who was taking his ease in the tent.†
Chpt 5.3
- "Son of Arrius," he said, cheerily, after salutation, "I salute you for Sheik Ilderim, who requests you to mount and go to the city.†
Chpt 5.6
- The action, taken with the salutation, could not be misunderstood, and was not.†
Chpt 5.7
- He exchanged salutations as usual, and produced a paper, saying to the sheik, "I have here the notice of the editor of the games, just issued, in which you will find your horses published for the race.†
Chpt 5.10
- And Malluch, greatly delighted, gave him parting salutation, and started to ride away, but returned presently.†
Chpt 5.10
- Yet, O reader, the brave woman accepted the lot, and took up the cry which had been its sign immemorially, and which thenceforward was to be her salutation without change—"Unclean, unclean!"†
Chpt 6.2
- The old formal salutation which he received from the few people who passed him had never sounded so pleasantly.†
Chpt 6.4
- There was not a word in the missive for her—not even in the salutation had she a share—and it would have been so easy to have written "and to thine, peace."†
Chpt 8.1
- He called for Malluch first; that worthy being out, he sent a salutation to his friends the merchant and the Egyptian.†
Chpt 8.6
- Soon as read, the legend was adopted by them and communicated, and presently the whole mighty concourse was ringing the salutation from side to side, and repeating it with laughter and groans, "King of the Jews!†
Chpt 8.10
Definitions:
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(1)
(salutation) a greeting -- such as "Hi", "Dear John:", or "Ladies and Gentlemen"
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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.