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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
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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