Bible Dictionaries
Allocution

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.

(2):

(n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Allocution'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/allocution.html. 1828.