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Definition of Dedicated
1. Adjective. Devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose. "Dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"
2. Adjective. Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose. "A chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"
Similar to: Ordained, Votive
Also: Holy, Sacred
Antonyms: Desecrated
Definition of Dedicated
1. Adjective. Devoted; loyal; conscientious. ¹
2. Verb. (past participle of dedicate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dedicated
1. dedicate [v] - See also: dedicate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dedicated
Literary usage of Dedicated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Clarke tried in vain to procure his release. by a'Second,' 1727, 8vo (dedicated
to Edward Chandler, 13 Oct.), a ' Third,' 1728, 8vo (dedicated to Richard ..."
2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"It in dedicated to Charles, Lord Howard, ... dedicated to Prince Henry, with
commendatory verses in French and Latin, and four sonnets. ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"occasion be Lad lived beyond tbo established usages; and especially, that on tlio
tripod at Delphi, which tbo Greeks dedicated ¡is tho ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"William Kennedy and his wife, was dedicated in 1874, Rev. ... It was dedicated
in 1879, with Rev. LS Malloy first pastor. The Right Rev. James Gibbons. ..."
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