dedicatory
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- dedicatorily adverb
- nondedicative adjective
- nondedicatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of dedicatory
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.
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