See also:

• SALAAM (Arab. salam, " peace ")

SALAAM (Arab. salam, " See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace ")  , the See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• TERM

term for a salutation . The word is used for any See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of salutation, as of an See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to a monarch, and so in a secondary sense of a compliment . Properly it is the oral salutation of Mahommedans to each other; but it has acquired the See also:

• SPECIAL

special meaning of an act of obeisance .