dedicatory

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Simon Wiesenthal came here in 1977 for a dedicatory ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 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

The Hayes, which will be renamed if and when a donor steps up to buy the rights, held a dedicatory lighting ceremony Monday morning.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2018

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

It is probable that the columns were inscribed with dedicatory inscriptions, of which we here have fragments.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.