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Dedicatory meaning

Of or pertaining to dedication.

Using Dedicatory

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to dedication.
  • In the example corpus, dedicatory often appears in combinations such as: the dedicatory, dedicatory epistle, his dedicatory.

Context around Dedicatory

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

epistle 1×

Often after:

epistle 2× ceremony 1× prayer 1× lapidary 1× plaques 1× letter 1× epigraph 1× preface 1× inscription 1× platform 1×

Sentence patterns with Dedicatory

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

by the dedicatory epigraph quoted 1× formal epistle dedicatory to the 1× grace a dedicatory ceremony of 1× in his dedicatory epistle to 1× in the dedicatory epistle of 1× no dedicatory plaques have 1× places the dedicatory platform at 1× stele with dedicatory lapidary aramaic 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at the 1836 1× bruno also mentions 1× no dedicatory plaques 1× on march 12 1× responding mr gbuapaye 1× scott himself acknowledged 1×

Common sentence endings:

act of violence 1× and john koch 1× cavallo pegaseo 1585 1× epistle to ivanhoe 1× exhortation in tongues 1× in the dating 1×

Words around Dedicatory

Just before it in the word index:

dedications 29 dedication 1.781 dedicating 162 dedicates 57 dedicatee 6 dedicated 5.646

Just after it in the word index:

dedijer 2 dedini 2 dedman 8 dedmon 11 dedniel 2 dedo 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Dedicatory

  • In this selection, "dedicatory" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, epistle, epistle, ceremony and prayer stand out and add context to how "dedicatory" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include by the dedicatory epigraph quoted and formal epistle dedicatory to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dedicatory" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dedicatory

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

No dedicatory plaques have been discovered that might aid in the dating. (12 words)

Scott himself acknowledged that he had taken liberties with history in his "Dedicatory Epistle" to Ivanhoe. (16 words)

Bruno also mentions this dedication in the Dedicatory Epistle of The Cabala of Pegasus (Cabala del Cavallo Pegaseo, 1585). (19 words)

Longer example sentences

At the 1836 dedication of the Kirtland Temple the dedicatory prayer asks that God grant them the gift of tongues and at the end of the service Brigham Young speaks in tongues, another elder interprets it and then gives his own exhortation in tongues. (44 words)

Responding, Mr. Gbuapaye said although Major Koijee was in the area to grace a dedicatory ceremony of a market hall constructed by Josephine Davis, the Inspector General of the Ministry of Commerce, he did not participate or instigate any act of violence. (42 words)

Both were in use through the Achaemenid Persian period, but the cursive form steadily gained ground over the lapidary, which had largely disappeared by the 3rd century BC. citation Stele with dedicatory lapidary Aramaic inscription to the god Salm. (39 words)

Example sentences (13)

Responding, Mr. Gbuapaye said although Major Koijee was in the area to grace a dedicatory ceremony of a market hall constructed by Josephine Davis, the Inspector General of the Ministry of Commerce, he did not participate or instigate any act of violence.

At the 1836 dedication of the Kirtland Temple the dedicatory prayer asks that God grant them the gift of tongues and at the end of the service Brigham Young speaks in tongues, another elder interprets it and then gives his own exhortation in tongues.

Both were in use through the Achaemenid Persian period, but the cursive form steadily gained ground over the lapidary, which had largely disappeared by the 3rd century BC. citation Stele with dedicatory lapidary Aramaic inscription to the god Salm.

Bruno also mentions this dedication in the Dedicatory Epistle of The Cabala of Pegasus (Cabala del Cavallo Pegaseo, 1585).

No dedicatory plaques have been discovered that might aid in the dating.

On March 12, 1610, Galileo wrote his dedicatory letter to the Duke of Tuscany, and the next day sent a copy to the Grand Duke, hoping to obtain the Grand Duke's support as quickly as possible.

Scott himself acknowledged that he had taken liberties with history in his "Dedicatory Epistle" to Ivanhoe.

The Arician wood sanctuary near the lake of Nemi was Latin confederal as testified by the dedicatory epigraph quoted by Cato.

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The dedicatory preface of the Gospel of Luke testifies to the existence of several accounts of the life of Jesus by the time of its composition.

The gens Iulia had gentilician cults at Bovillae where a dedicatory inscription to Vediove has been found in 1826 on an ara.

The original printing contained two prefatory texts; the first was a formal Epistle Dedicatory to "the most high and mighty Prince" King James.

This work remains under development. citation Resolution Frassanito's analysis places the dedicatory platform at the graves of George Kitzmiller, Israel Yount and John Koch.

Walter Raleigh wrote a dedicatory poem to The Faerie Queene in 1590, in which he claims to admire and value Spenser's work more so than any other in the English language.

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Common combinations with dedicatory

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "dedicatory" mean?
Dedicatory means: Of or pertaining to dedication.
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