Definition of "dedicatory"

dedicatory

/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɹi/

adjective
not comparable
1. Of or pertaining to dedication.
noun
plural dedicatories
1. A dedication.
  Quotations
  […] 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.
  1642, John Milton, An apology against a pamphlet call’d A modest confutation of the animadversions upon the remonstrant against Smectymnuus‎, London: John Rothwell, page 7