dedicate
verb (used with object)
to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose.
dedicator
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a word derived from
dedicate.
Example Sentences
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What more would the dedicator have wished Thomson to say?
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson
A large proportion of the dedications are made by men of servile origin, and the very name of the dedicator would often be enough to indicate his nationality.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
The second was built by Sulla, but the name of Catulus appears as its dedicator, for Sulla died before it was completed.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
The figure then probably represents the dedicator, bringing a calf for sacrifice.
From A History of Greek Art by Frank Bigelow Tarbell
An inscription on the architrave immediately below the figure of Dionysos furnishes the name and date of the dedicator.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
