greeting

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GREE'TING, participle present tense Addressing with kind wishes or expressions of joy; complimenting; congratulating; saluting. GREE'TING, noun Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; compliment addressed from one absent.
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