dedicatory
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- dedicatorily adverb
- nondedicative adjective
- nondedicatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of dedicatory
Example Sentences
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One of St. Petersburg’s more flamboyant journalists, Alexander Nekrasov, showed a photo on Instagram of a copy of one of Sokolov’s books, on which the historian had written, “With the dedicatory inscription of a maniac.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2019
The volume is constructed identically to her first, with a dedicatory epistle followed by the translations and an original poem, “The necessitie and benefite of affliction.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2019
“Throughout it all, Los Angeles has never broken faith with the Coliseum’s dedicatory purpose,” Hahn wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2019
The Hayes, which will be renamed if and when a donor steps up to buy the rights, held a dedicatory lighting ceremony Monday morning.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2018
He had assisted in building the church and upon its completion had made the journey to Williamsburg to bring Rev. Samuel Davies of Princeton for the dedicatory service.
From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Holt, Mathew Joseph
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