"dedicatory" meaning in English

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        "Of or pertaining to dedication."
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "[…] I conceit him to be neere a kin to him who set forth a Passion Sermon with a formall Dedicatory in great letters to our Saviour.",
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        "A dedication."
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  "word": "dedicatory"
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