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dedicatory

UK/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɹi/US/ˈdɛdəkəˌtɔɹi/

dedicatory adjective: of or pertaining to dedication.

Adjective

dedicatory (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to dedication.
    • a dedicatory letter; a dedicatory inscription

Noun

dedicatory (plural dedicatories)

  1. A dedication.
    • […] 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, page 7

Forms of dedicatory

pluraldedicatories

Words formed from dedicatory

Questions about dedicatory

What does dedicatory mean?
Dedicatory means of or pertaining to dedication.
What part of speech is dedicatory?
Dedicatory can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce dedicatory?
Dedicatory is pronounced /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɹi/ (UK).

Words near dedicatory in the dictionary

  1. dedicatorial
  2. dedicatorie
  3. dedicatories
  4. dedicatorily
  5. dedicators
  6. dedicatory
  7. Dedieu
  8. dedifferentiate
  9. dedifferentiated
  10. dedifferentiates
  11. dedifferentiating

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