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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
dedicatory (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to dedication.
a dedicatory letter; a dedicatory inscription
Noun
dedicatory (plural dedicatories)
- A dedication.
1642, John Milton, An apology against a pamphlet call’d A modest confutation of the animadversions upon the remonstrant against Smectymnuus, London: John Rothwell, page 7:[…] I conceit him to be neere a kin to him who set forth a Passion Sermon with a formall Dedicatory in great letters to our Saviour.