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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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13 words match “DEDICATION”

DEDICATION n. 3 definitions
eing, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.
PREDEDICATION n.
A dedication made previously or beforehand.
ANNIVERSARY n.
yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.
CHURCH-ALE n.
A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used. Wright. Nares.
CONSECRATION n.
The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication. Until the days of your consecration be at an end. Lev. viii. 33. Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares it so. South.
DEDICATORY a. 2 definitions
Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental. "An epistle dedicatory." Dryden.
EPIGRAPH n.
pon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.
HANUKKA; HANUKKAH n.
The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas Maccabæus, his brothers, and the whole congregation of Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Maccabees i. 58…
INSCRIPTION n.
An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.
RUSH-BEARING n.
A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. [Eng.] Nares.
SACRAMENTARY n.
abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.
STYLE n.
and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion. According to the usual style of dedications. C. Middleton.
WAKF n.
The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person or persons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so…