dedicatory
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- dedicatorily adverb
- nondedicative adjective
- nondedicatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of dedicatory
Example Sentences
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Simon Wiesenthal came here in 1977 for a dedicatory ceremony.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2022
But as is typical with Kurtag’s dedicatory works, he’s able to tip his hat to another composer while sounding like himself.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022
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
Come at 6:30 p.m. and take a look at the newly dedicated Immanuel Chapel during its dedicatory year of celebration.
From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2016
It was on the thirty-first of October that there came the summons of which she had spoken in her dedicatory speech.
From The Story of a Life by Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge)
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