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allocution noun [ ˌaləˈkjuːʃ(ə)n ]

• a formal speech giving advice or a warning.
• "the daily allocutions of the Pontificate"
Origin: early 17th century: from Latin allocutio(n- ), from alloqui ‘speak to’, from ad- ‘to’ + loqui ‘speak’.

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