| 单词 | epistle dedicatory |
| 释义 | > as lemmasepistle dedicatory 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. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [adjective] > dedication dedicatory1565 epistolar1579 dedicated1609 epistolary1646 society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [adjective] > dedicatory dedicatory1565 dedicative1655 dedicatorial1844 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. < as lemmas |
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