| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| allocution |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·lo·cu·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l  -ky  shn |
| NOUN: | A formal and authoritative speech; an address. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin alloc ti , alloctin-, from alloctus, past participle of alloqu , to speak to : ad-, ad- + loqu, to speak; see tolkw- in Appendix I.
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