dedicatory

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛdəkəˌtɔɹi/

Adjective

dedicatory (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to dedication.

   a dedicatory letter; a dedicatory inscription

Noun

dedicatory (plural dedicatories)

1. A dedication.
   • 1642, John Milton, An apology against a pamphlet call’d A modest confutation of the animadversions upon the remonstrant against Smectymnuus‎^[1], London: John Rothwell, page 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.