the act of saluting, greeting, or paying respect and reverence to any one.

There is a great variety in the forms of salutation. The Orientals salute by uncovering their feet, laying their hands on their breasts, &c. In Britain, we salute by uncovering the head, bending the body, &c. The pope makes no reverence to any mortal, except the emperor, to whom he stoops a very little, when he permits him to kiss his lips.