dedicatory
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- adjective
- /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtəri/
:
dedicatoria
- The dedicatory program revolving around the Mars sculpture was meaningful in a sacramental, performative context, one that transcended temporality.
- dedicatory epistle
- dedicatory inscription
- dedicatory poem
Examples
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Of course, from that point, we are led back to Labe's conception of writing qua jouissance advocated in the dedicatory epistle.
Academic text (1992) -
In 1555, Louise Lab published her EVVRES and prefaced them with a now-famous dedicatory epistle to her friend Clémence de Bourges.
Fiction book (1990) -
Foxe explains near the end of the dedicatory epistle just why this connection seems appropriate to him:
Academic text (2002) -
Andrew, the dedicatory saint, is virtually a nonentity in the entire proceeding.
Academic text (2018) -
As in the "Dedicatory Epistle," a qualifying second clause opens a paradoxical space for "law."
Academic text (2016) -
There is God's declaration, I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, and a dedicatory inscription begins.
Fiction book (1997) -
The quotations from the dedicatory epistle are cited by Oliver, 1976; 44, n. 6.
Academic text (1993) -
Dedicatory pages were a means for authors, publishers, and printmakers to flatter potential patrons.
Academic text (1995) -
Plausibly, the Mary/Mars panel in the tympanum was itself consecrated at some point during the dedicatory ritual.
Academic text (2005) -
The author included a dedicatory page in the front of her book to honor her mentor.
Synonyms
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Made to honor a person or event
Helping people remember someone or something
How Commemorative
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dedicatory comes from dedicate, from a Latin root meaning 'to set apart for a person or purpose'. So a dedicatory thing is about the act of dedicating something to someone or a cause.