Dedication

Dedication often refers to various religious and secular ceremonies and practices such as:

• Dedication (ritual) the ritual or ceremonial establishment of a purpose for a person, place, or thing
  • Dedication of churches
  • Child dedication, a Christian ceremony
• Pariṇāmanā (Sanskrit), commonly rendered in English as Dedication
• Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday commemorating the Maccabean Revolt
• Dedication stone
• Date stone, sometimes also referred to as a dedication stone

Dedication often refers also to honor or tribute:

• Dedication (art)
• Dedication (publishing)

Dedication may also refer to:

Ceremonies

• Opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon cutting ceremonies serve to dedicate buildings and groups
• Ceremonial ship launching

Film and television

• Dedication (film), a 2007 film starring Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore
• Dedications (MuchMusic), a Canadian television program
• "Dedication" (The Unit), a television episode

Literature

• Dedication (publishing), in book design, a page in the front matter
• "Dedication" (short story), a 1988 story by Stephen King
• Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, a 2005 play by Terrence McNally
• "For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration" or "Dedication", a 1961 poem by Robert Frost

Music

Classical

• "Dedication", a 1918 composition by Peter Warlock

Albums

• Dedication (Ahmed Abdullah album), 1998
• Dedication (Bay City Rollers album) or the title song, 1976
• Dedication (Chief Keef album), 2017
• Dedication (Gary U.S. Bonds album) or the title song, 1981
• Dedication (Herbie Hancock album), 1974
• Dedication (Mal Waldron album) or the title song, 1985
• Dedication (Raised Fist album) or the title song, 2002
• Dedication (Robin Eubanks and Steve Turre album), 1989
• Dedication (Steve Kuhn album) or the title song, 1998
• Dedication (Zomby album), 2011
• Dedication!, by Duke Pearson, 1970
• Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy or the title song, 1991
• Dedications (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio album), 1976
  • Dedications II, Akiyoshi album released in the U.S. as Dedications, 1977
• The Dedication, a mixtape by Lil Wayne, with DJ Drama, 2005
• Dedication, an EP by Kalin and Myles, 2014
• Ihda' (Dedication), by DAM, 2006

Songs

• "Dedication" (song), by Nipsey Hussle
• "Dedication", by Beastie Boys from Hello Nasty, 1998
• "Dedication", by Brand Nubian from One for All, 1990
• "Dedication", by War from Eric Burdon Declares "War", 1970
• "Dedication", the closing theme music for the British TV programme Record Breakers

See also

• Dedication Stone
• Dedicate (horse)
• Dedicated (disambiguation)
• Christening (disambiguation)