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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-673/
- Published: 2021-12-02T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-02T17:38:54.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

The word for today is…

dedication (noun):

1 *religion* : an act or rite of dedicating  
2 : a devoting or setting aside for a particular purpose  
3 : a name and often a message prefixed to a literary, musical, or artistic production in tribute to a person or cause  
4 : self-sacrificing devotion and loyalty  
5 : a ceremony to mark the official completion or opening of something (such as a building)

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dedication?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : The word dedication first appears in the 14th century as a name for the solemn act of dedicating something, such as a calendar day or a church, to a divine being or to a sacred use. The word—formed from the Latin past participle of dedicare, meaning “to dedicate”—did not take hold in secular contexts until a few centuries later when English speakers began using it to refer to the act of devoting time and energy to a particular purpose. One of the earliest writers to do so is William Shakespeare. “His life I gave him, and did thereto ad / My love without retention or restraint, / All his in dedication….,” proclaims his character Antonio in Twelfth Night. Dedication has also come to describe the quality of being loyal or devoted to a cause, ideal, or purpose. Nowadays, people are commonly spoken of as having a dedication to his or her family or work.

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