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Synonyms

dedicatory

American  
[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.


Other Word Forms

  • dedicatorily adverb
  • nondedicative adjective
  • nondedicatory adjective

Etymology

Origin of dedicatory

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

Example Sentences

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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

“Throughout it all, Los Angeles has never broken faith with the Coliseum’s dedicatory purpose,” Hahn wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 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 is probable that the columns were inscribed with dedicatory inscriptions, of which we here have fragments.

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