Definition of Dedicatory

1. a. Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental.

2. n. Dedication.

Definition of Dedicatory

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to dedication. ¹

2. Noun. A dedication. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dedicatory

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dedicatory

dedicants
dedicate
dedicated
dedicated file server
dedicatedly
dedicatee
dedicatees
dedicates
dedicating
dedication
dedications
dedicator
dedicatorial
dedicatories
dedicators
dedicatory (current term)
dedifferentiate
dedifferentiated
dedifferentiates
dedifferentiating
dedifferentiations
dedimus
dedimuses
dedisperse
dedispersed
dedispersing
dedition
deditions
dedolation

Literary usage of Dedicatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"Acted by the Queenes Maiesties Seruants at the Phoenix in Drury Lane,' 4to, with a dedicatory epistle to John, first earl of Peterborough, ..."

2. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1898)
"There is hardly a book published by Robert Greene between 1580 and 1592 that does not open with an adjuration before the dedicatory epistle in the form: 'To ..."

3. The Greek Anthology by Neaves (1883)
"The classes into which we shall divide them are these: 1, dedicatory; 2, Sepulchral; 3, ... dedicatory. WE proceed to give select specimens of epigrams, ..."

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