dedicatory
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɹi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛdəkəˌtɔɹi/
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, p. 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.
- 1642, John Milton, An apology against a pamphlet call’d A modest confutation of the animadversions upon the remonstrant against Smectymnuus, London: John Rothwell, p. 7,