Found 2 items, similar to allocution.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: allocution allocution n : (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
English → English (gcide) Definition: Allocution Allocution \Al`lo*cu"tion\, n. [L. allocuto, fr. alloqui to speak to; ad + loqui to speak: cf. F. allocution.] 1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words. [1913 Webster] 2. An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. --Addison. [1913 Webster]