dedicatoryadj.n.
/ˈdɛdɪkeɪtəri//ˈdɛdɪkətəri/ 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.
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society > communication > book > matter of book > [adjective] > dedication
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epistolar1579
dedicated1609
epistolary1646
society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [adjective] > dedicatory
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dedicative1655
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1565 Randolphes Phantasey in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. i. The Epistle dedicatorie..to Mr. Thomas Randolphe.
1611 in Bible (King James) sig. A3 (running title) The Epistle Dedicatorie.
1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore ii. i. 255 Whose face is as ciuill as the outside of a Dedicatory Booke.
1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 7 Jan. in Wks. (1955) VII. 245 The Epistle dedicatory is full of respect to the Pope.
1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. vi. 108 We read of similar dedicatory offerings in the Bible.
A dedicatory inscription or address.
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society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > matter preceding text > dedication
inscriptiona1400
presentment1583
dedication1598
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1598 B. Yong in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana sig. a2 As Collin in his French dedicatorie to the Illustrous Prince Lewis of Lorraine at large setteth downe.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 7 Neere a kin to him who set forth a Passion Sermon with a formall Dedicatory in great letters to our Saviour.
1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis Epist. sig. A5 Commended in the dedicatory, as being [etc.].
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