Definitions for: Allocution

[n] (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

2. An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a
pope to his clergy. --Addison.

See Also: address, speech