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dedicatory, a. and n.|ˈdɛdɪkeɪtərɪ, -kətərɪ|
[f. L. type *dēdicātōri-us, f. dēdicātōr-em dedicator: see -ory. Cf. mod.F. dédicatoire.]
A. adj. Relating to, or of the nature of, dedication; that has the attribute of dedicating, serving to dedicate. Used chiefly of literary dedication, as in epistle dedicatory.
1565Randolphes Phantasey in Satir. Poems Reform. (1890) i., The Epistle dedicatorie..to Mr. Thomas Randolphe. 1604Dekker Honest Wh. Wks. 1873 II. 121 Whose face is as ciuill as the outside of a Dedicatory Booke. 1611Bible, The Epistle Dedicatorie. To the Most High and Mightie Prince, Iames, etc. 1717Berkeley Tour in Italy Wks. 1871 IV. 514 The epistle dedicatory is full of respect to the pope. 1846Ellis Elgin Marb. II. 108 We read of similar dedicatory offerings in the Bible.
†B. n. A dedicatory inscription or address.
1598Yong Diana, As Collin in his French dedicatorie to the Illustrous Prince Lewis of Lorraine at large setteth downe. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 259 Neere a kin to him who set forth a Passion Sermon with a formall Dedicatory in great letters to our Saviour. 1674Hickman Quinquart. Hist. (ed. 2) Ep. A v, Commended in the Dedicatory as being [etc.]. |