Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dedicatory \Ded"i*ca*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]dicatoire.]
   Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental. ``An
   epistle dedicatory.'' --Dryden.

Dedicatory \Ded"i*ca*to*ry\, n.
   Dedication. [R.] --Milton.