dedicatory

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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, Los Angeles has never broken faith with the Coliseum’s dedicatory purpose,” Hahn wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 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

He had assisted in building the church and upon its completion had made the journey to Williamsburg to bring Rev. Samuel Davies of Princeton for the dedicatory service.

From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Holt, Mathew Joseph