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dedicatory

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[ded-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈdɛd ɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
Also dedicative

adjective

  1. of or relating to dedication; serving as a dedication.


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Etymology

Origin of dedicatory

First recorded in 1555–65; dedicate + -ory 1


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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,” Hahn wrote, “Los Angeles has never broken faith with the Coliseum’s dedicatory purpose. We’ve never messed with its name, which resides in the National Register of Historic Places. Until now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 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

They are dedicatory offerings made to Apollo, probably by the persons represented.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith

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