dedicationn.

/dɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology: < Old French dédication, -cion (14th cent. in Godefroy), < Latin dēdicātiōn-em , noun of action fromdēdicāre to dedicate v.

a. The action of dedicating, the fact of being dedicated; a setting apart and devoting to the Deity or to a sacred purpose with solemn rites.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > [noun]

hallowingc900

blessing1070

benisonc1320

consecration1382

dedication1382

devotion1502

dedifyinga1513

sanctifying1526

dedicating1535

holy-making1535

sanctification1550

consecrating1579

sacring1610

devouement1611

devotement1621

sacrationa1627

devoting1640

sequestration1654

devote1659

dedicaturec1850

sacralization1918

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. vii. 88 Thes thinges ben offrid in the dedicacioun of the auter, whanne it is anoynt.

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. VII. 351 Kyng William..commaundede nyh alle þe bisshoppes of Engelond þat þey schulde come to þat dedicacioun þe fiftenþe day of May.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 128 William..aftir tyme þat he had biggid þe cherch ageyn, desired þat þe kyng schuld com to þe dedicacion.

1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) viii. 292 Dedication is when I give a thing out of my own power, for a pious use, that I cannot make use of for anything again.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 296 The Monks..shave the upper part of their head by way of distinction from the Laity and for dedication.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvii. 444 The founder prepared to celebrate the dedication of his city.

b. The form of words in which this act is expressed.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > dedicatory

dedication1520

1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 38/1 He ordeyned the dedycacyon of the chirche every yere sholde be sayd.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 338 Metellus the Macedonian raised two porches..without inscription or dedication.

c. The commemoration of such an act; the day or feast of dedication (of a church). Feast of the Dedication: the annual commemoration of the purification of the Second Temple by Judas Maccabæus.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of dedication

encaenia138.

dedicationc1400

dedication day1581

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xix. 87 When grete festez commez..as þe dedicacioun of þe kirk.

1483 Cath. Angl. 93 Dedicacion, dedicacio, encennia.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 212/2 Dedication a feestfull day, dedicace.

1695 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) II. 305 The dedication of churches should in all places be celebrated on the first Sunday of the month October.

2. figurative. The giving up or devoting (of oneself, one's time, labour, etc.) to the service of a person or to the pursuit of a purpose.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > dedication

dedicationa1616

devotedness1668

engagedness1668

commitment1897

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > fact or action of being concerned with > dedication to some pursuit

dedicationa1616

consecration1781

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 78 His life I gaue him, and did thereto adde My loue without retention, or restraint, All his in dedication .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 566 A Course more promising, Then a wild dedication of your selues To vnpath'd Waters.

1841–44 R. W. Emerson Exper. in Wks. (1906) I. 177 We need change of objects. Dedication to one thought is quickly odious.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 345 The dedication of himself to the improvement of his fellow-citizens.

3. The dedicating of a book, etc.; the form of words in which a writing, engraving, etc., is dedicated to some person.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > matter preceding text > dedication

inscriptiona1400

presentment1583

dedication1598

dedicatory1598

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes This dedication..may haply make your Honors muse.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E1^v Neither is the morall [erratum: moderne] dedications of Bookes and Writings, as to Patrons to bee commended.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 136. ⁋6 Nothing has so much degraded literature from its natural rank, as the practice of indecent and promiscuous dedication.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse Argt. 38 The Eclogue opens with a dedication to the Roman general Varus.

†4. Special appropriation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [noun]

nemningOE

namingc1300

denominationc1400

imposition1430

nominationc1450

callingc1475

nominiona1513

christening1528

nuncupation1532

Christendom1570

dedication1576

appellation1583

denominative1589

nomenclaturea1620

cognomination1623

nomenclaturing1803

name-giving1863

nominature1864

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 198 It shoulde seeme by the dedication of the name [Shepey], that this Ilande was long since greatly esteemed, eyther for the number of the Sheepe, or for the finenesse of the fleese.

a. Law. The action of dedicating (a highway, etc.) to the public use.

ΚΠ

1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Highway A street built upon a person's own ground is a dedication of the Highway so far only as the publick has occasion for it, viz. for a right of passage.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 153 The dedication of a way to the public may be by writing or by words.

1883 E. P. Wolstenholme Settled Land Act 28 Dedication to the public is a term generally applied to the act of throwing roads open to the use of the public.

b. Forestry. The assignment of land under certain conditions for the production of timber. Cf. dedicate v. 4c.

ΚΠ

1943 Post-War Forest Policy 50 in Parl. Papers 1942–3 (Cmd. 6447) IV. 419 The act of dedication on the part of the owner would include the following undertakings:—(1) To use the land in such a way that timber production is the main object. (2) To work to a plan..approved by the Forest Authority.

1946 Q. Jrnl. Forestry 40 69 Dedication is a covenant under which both the owner of the land and the Government undertake certain obligations.

1950 Q. Jrnl. Forestry 44 53 It is just two years since the proposed Covenant of Dedication was published, and although the Society had always been strongly in favour of dedication, the covenant, as drafted, was received with considerable misgiving and distrust.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as dedication feast, dedication festival.

ΚΠ

1695 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) II. 308 The dedication feasts fell on those days.

C2.

dedication cross n. a cross painted or carved on a church or altar at its dedication.

ΚΠ

1848 B. Webb Sketches Continental Ecclesiol. 57 Remains of..a dedication-cross.

1882 M. H. Bloxam Princ. Gothic Eccles. Archit. (ed. 11) II. 155 We sometimes meet with dedication or consecration crosses imbedded in the external walls of churches.

dedication day n. the anniversary of the dedication of a church, observed as a festival.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of dedication

encaenia138.

dedicationc1400

dedication day1581

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 323 b The feastes..of the patrone of the church, dedication day, and Relick-sonday.

1695 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) II. 306 The primitive fair in Oxford was on the day of St. Frideswide, because it was the dedication day of the chief conventual church.

Derivatives

dedicationless adj.

ΚΠ

1870 F. H. Furnivall in A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. Pref. 14 The possibility that the undated dedicationless Wyer was issued before 1542.

Draft additions 1993

The quality of being dedicated in aims, vocation, etc. Cf. dedicated adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > dedication > in aims, vocation, etc.

dedication1954

1954 W. Faulkner Fable 344 The Germans, the best soldiers on earth today..the one people out of all the earth who have a passion and dedication not even for glory but for war.

1961 J. F. Kennedy in N.Y. Times 10 Jan. 20/5 Were we truly men of dedication?

1978 P. Matthiessen Snow Leopard iii. 236 But to renounce the world in this way requires the ultimate discipline... My admiration is mingled with regret that, by comparison, my own dedication is halfhearted and too late.

1986 R. Barnard Political Suicide xi. 117 He..became convinced that the nurses..had an unanswerable case... He went around saying that the State had been capitalizing for years on their dedication.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	dedication
释义	dedicationn. /dɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ Etymology: < Old French dédication, -cion (14th cent. in Godefroy), < Latin dēdicātiōn-em , noun of action fromdēdicāre to dedicate v. 1. a. The action of dedicating, the fact of being dedicated; a setting apart and devoting to the Deity or to a sacred purpose with solemn rites. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > [noun] hallowingc900 blessing1070 benisonc1320 consecration1382 dedication1382 devotion1502 dedifyinga1513 sanctifying1526 dedicating1535 holy-making1535 sanctification1550 consecrating1579 sacring1610 devouement1611 devotement1621 sacrationa1627 devoting1640 sequestration1654 devote1659 dedicaturec1850 sacralization1918 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Num. vii. 88 Thes thinges ben offrid in the dedicacioun of the auter, whanne it is anoynt. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. VII. 351 Kyng William..commaundede nyh alle þe bisshoppes of Engelond þat þey schulde come to þat dedicacioun þe fiftenþe day of May. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 128 William..aftir tyme þat he had biggid þe cherch ageyn, desired þat þe kyng schuld com to þe dedicacion. 1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) viii. 292 Dedication is when I give a thing out of my own power, for a pious use, that I cannot make use of for anything again. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 296 The Monks..shave the upper part of their head by way of distinction from the Laity and for dedication. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvii. 444 The founder prepared to celebrate the dedication of his city. b. The form of words in which this act is expressed. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > dedicatory dedication1520 1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 38/1 He ordeyned the dedycacyon of the chirche every yere sholde be sayd. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 338 Metellus the Macedonian raised two porches..without inscription or dedication. c. The commemoration of such an act; the day or feast of dedication (of a church). Feast of the Dedication: the annual commemoration of the purification of the Second Temple by Judas Maccabæus. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of dedication encaenia138. dedicationc1400 dedication day1581 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xix. 87 When grete festez commez..as þe dedicacioun of þe kirk. 1483 Cath. Angl. 93 Dedicacion, dedicacio, encennia. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 212/2 Dedication a feestfull day, dedicace. 1695 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) II. 305 The dedication of churches should in all places be celebrated on the first Sunday of the month October. 2. figurative. The giving up or devoting (of oneself, one's time, labour, etc.) to the service of a person or to the pursuit of a purpose. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > dedication dedicationa1616 devotedness1668 engagedness1668 commitment1897 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > fact or action of being concerned with > dedication to some pursuit dedicationa1616 consecration1781 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 78 His life I gaue him, and did thereto adde My loue without retention, or restraint, All his in dedication . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 566 A Course more promising, Then a wild dedication of your selues To vnpath'd Waters. View more context for this quotation 1841–44 R. W. Emerson Exper. in Wks. (1906) I. 177 We need change of objects. Dedication to one thought is quickly odious. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 345 The dedication of himself to the improvement of his fellow-citizens. 3. The dedicating of a book, etc.; the form of words in which a writing, engraving, etc., is dedicated to some person. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > matter preceding text > dedication inscriptiona1400 presentment1583 dedication1598 dedicatory1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes This dedication..may haply make your Honors muse. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E1^v Neither is the morall [erratum: moderne] dedications of Bookes and Writings, as to Patrons to bee commended. View more context for this quotation 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 136. ⁋6 Nothing has so much degraded literature from its natural rank, as the practice of indecent and promiscuous dedication. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse Argt. 38 The Eclogue opens with a dedication to the Roman general Varus. †4. Special appropriation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] nemningOE namingc1300 denominationc1400 imposition1430 nominationc1450 callingc1475 nominiona1513 christening1528 nuncupation1532 Christendom1570 dedication1576 appellation1583 denominative1589 nomenclaturea1620 cognomination1623 nomenclaturing1803 name-giving1863 nominature1864 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 198 It shoulde seeme by the dedication of the name [Shepey], that this Ilande was long since greatly esteemed, eyther for the number of the Sheepe, or for the finenesse of the fleese. 5. a. Law. The action of dedicating (a highway, etc.) to the public use. ΚΠ 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Highway A street built upon a person's own ground is a dedication of the Highway so far only as the publick has occasion for it, viz. for a right of passage. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 153 The dedication of a way to the public may be by writing or by words. 1883 E. P. Wolstenholme Settled Land Act 28 Dedication to the public is a term generally applied to the act of throwing roads open to the use of the public. b. Forestry. The assignment of land under certain conditions for the production of timber. Cf. dedicate v. 4c. ΚΠ 1943 Post-War Forest Policy 50 in Parl. Papers 1942–3 (Cmd. 6447) IV. 419 The act of dedication on the part of the owner would include the following undertakings:—(1) To use the land in such a way that timber production is the main object. (2) To work to a plan..approved by the Forest Authority. 1946 Q. Jrnl. Forestry 40 69 Dedication is a covenant under which both the owner of the land and the Government undertake certain obligations. 1950 Q. Jrnl. Forestry 44 53 It is just two years since the proposed Covenant of Dedication was published, and although the Society had always been strongly in favour of dedication, the covenant, as drafted, was received with considerable misgiving and distrust. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as dedication feast, dedication festival. ΚΠ 1695 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) II. 308 The dedication feasts fell on those days. C2. dedication cross n. a cross painted or carved on a church or altar at its dedication. ΚΠ 1848 B. Webb Sketches Continental Ecclesiol. 57 Remains of..a dedication-cross. 1882 M. H. Bloxam Princ. Gothic Eccles. Archit. (ed. 11) II. 155 We sometimes meet with dedication or consecration crosses imbedded in the external walls of churches. dedication day n. the anniversary of the dedication of a church, observed as a festival. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of dedication encaenia138. dedicationc1400 dedication day1581 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 323 b The feastes..of the patrone of the church, dedication day, and Relick-sonday. 1695 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) II. 306 The primitive fair in Oxford was on the day of St. Frideswide, because it was the dedication day of the chief conventual church. Derivatives dedicationless adj. ΚΠ 1870 F. H. Furnivall in A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. Pref. 14 The possibility that the undated dedicationless Wyer was issued before 1542. Draft additions 1993 The quality of being dedicated in aims, vocation, etc. Cf. dedicated adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > dedication > in aims, vocation, etc. dedication1954 1954 W. Faulkner Fable 344 The Germans, the best soldiers on earth today..the one people out of all the earth who have a passion and dedication not even for glory but for war. 1961 J. F. Kennedy in N.Y. Times 10 Jan. 20/5 Were we truly men of dedication? 1978 P. Matthiessen Snow Leopard iii. 236 But to renounce the world in this way requires the ultimate discipline... My admiration is mingled with regret that, by comparison, my own dedication is halfhearted and too late. 1986 R. Barnard Political Suicide xi. 117 He..became convinced that the nurses..had an unanswerable case... He went around saying that the State had been capitalizing for years on their dedication. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1382
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