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dedicatory

[ded-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈdɛd ɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /




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But as is typical with Kurtag’s dedicatory works, he’s able to tip his hat to another composer while sounding like himself.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022

The volume is constructed identically to her first, with a dedicatory epistle followed by the translations and an original poem, “The necessitie and benefite of affliction.”

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 5, 2019

“Throughout it all,” Hahn wrote, “Los Angeles has never broken faith with the Coliseum’s dedicatory purpose. We’ve never messed with its name, which resides in the National Register of Historic Places. Until now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2019

Come at 6:30 p.m. and take a look at the newly dedicated Immanuel Chapel during its dedicatory year of celebration.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2016

In his Epistle dedicatory to the Countes of Shrewsbury, p.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by John Awdeley


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