There was no "good day" and no saluyng.
Chaucer.
Sal"u*ta*ry (?), a. [L. salutaris, from salus, -utis, health, safety:
cf. F. salutaire. See Salubrious.] 1. Wholesome; healthful; promoting
health; as, salutary exercise.
2. Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose;
beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design.
Syn. -- Wholesome; healthful; salubrious; beneficial; useful;
advantageous; profitable.
-- Sal"u*ta*ri*ly (#), adv. -- Sal"u*ta*ri*ness, n.
Sal`u*ta"tion (?), n. [L. salutatio: cf. F. salutation. See Salute.]
The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary
words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or
courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting.
In all public meetings or private addresses, use those forms of
salutation, reverence, and decency usual amongst the most sober
persons.
Jer. Taylor.
Syn. -- Greeting; salute; address. -- Salutation, Greeting, Salute.
Greeting is the general word for all manner of expressions of
recognition, agreeable or otherwise, made when persons meet or
communicate with each other. A greeting may be hearty and loving,
chilling and offensive, or merely formal, as in the opening sentence of
legal documents. Salutation more definitely implies a wishing well, and
is used of expressions at parting as well as at meeting. It is used
especially of uttered expressions of good will. Salute, while formerly
and sometimes still in the sense of either greeting or salutation, is
now used specifically to denote a conventional demonstration not
expressed in words. The guests received a greeting which relieved their
embarrassment, offered their salutations in well-chosen terms, and when
they retired, as when they entered, made a deferential salute.
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the
synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Luke xi. 43.
When Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her
womb.
Luke i. 41.
I shall not trouble my reader with the first salutes of our three
friends.
Addison.
Sa*lu`ta*to"ri*an (?), n. The student who pronounces the salutatory
oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, --
an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who
ranks second in scholarship. [U.S.]
Sa*lu"ta*to*ri*ly (?), adv. By way of salutation.
Sa*lu"ta*to*ry (?), a. [L. salutatorius. See Salute.] Containing or
expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied
especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the
Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges.
Sa*lu"ta*to*ry, n. 1. A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a
porch. [Obs.] Milton.