Definition of "greeting" []

• A word or gesture of welcome or salutation. (noun)

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• "Because Jews and the world are being judged by God for the coming year, a longer greeting translates as "may you be written and sealed for a good year" ketiva ve-chatima tovah."
• "Yet when I meet that old gentleman, irrespective of conditions, his greeting is always the same."
• "The Vulcan greeting is based upon a blessing gesture used by the kohanim (koe-hah-NEEM) during the worship service."