Dedication (disambiguation)
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Dedication
often refers to various religious and secular ceremonies and practices.
Dedication may also refer to:
Dedication
Dedication is the act of consecrating an altar, temple, church or other sacred building. It also refers to the inscription of books or other artifacts when these are specifically addressed or presented to a particular person. This practice, which once was used to gain the patronage and support of...
often refers to various religious and secular ceremonies and practices.
- Dedication (Baptist ceremony)Dedication (Baptist ceremony)A dedication ceremony takes place in some Christian churches which practice adult baptism . The child is presented to the congregation, and vows are made to raise him or her in the Christian tradition, in the same way as at the more common christening ceremony, but the child is not baptised, as...
, a Christian ceremony - PariṇāmanāParinamanaPariṇāmanā is a Sanskrit term which may be rendered in English as "merit transference" though in common parlance it is rendered as "dedication". The Pariṇāmanā or 'dedication' is a standard part of Buddhist spiritual discipline or practice where the practitioner's accumulation of merit Pariṇāmanā...
(Sanskrit), commonly rendered in English as Dedication
Dedication may also refer to:
Music
- Dedication (Bay City Rollers album)Dedication (Bay City Rollers album)Dedication is a rock album by the Bay City Rollers, issued in fall 1976. It was the band's fourth original studio album, and the first new album to be released in the wake of their enormous worldwide success of early 1976....
- Dedication (Gary U.S. Bonds album)Dedication (Gary U.S. Bonds album)Dedication is an album released by Gary U.S. Bonds in 1981, the first of two Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band collaborated albums from Bonds, the second being On the Line, released the next year in 1982. The musicians accompanying Bonds on the album include many members of the E Street Band...
- Dedication (Herbie Hancock album)Dedication (Herbie Hancock album)Dedication is the sixteenth album by Herbie Hancock. It was recorded in Japan in 1974 while Hancock was touring and first released on the Japanese CBS Sony label...
- Dedication (Mal Waldron album)Dedication (Mal Waldron album)Dedication is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron and bassist David Friesen recorded in 1985 and released by the Italian Soul Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars....
- Dedication (Raised Fist album)Dedication (Raised Fist album)-Track listing:#Get This Right! 3:30#That's Why 1:37#Message Beneath Contempt 3:20#The People Behind 2:16#Disable Me 4:58#Killing Revenues 2:59#Illustration of Desperation 4:13#Dedication 3:54#Silence Is the Key 2:08#Another Day 3:23...
- Dedication (Zomby album)Dedication (Zomby album)Dedication is the third album by producer Zomby, released on July 11, 2011 through 4AD Records.-Track listing:Tracks 17 - 26 are bonus tracks on the Japanese CD released by 4AD via Beggars Group Japan/Hostess K.K....
- Dedication: The Very Best of Thin LizzyDedication: The Very Best of Thin LizzyDedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy is a compilation album released by rock group Thin Lizzy in 1991. The only previously unreleased track was "Dedication", which was reconstructed after Phil Lynott's death using an old 8 track demo recording of the song to provide the bass and vocal lines,...
, a compilation album, or the title song - Dedications (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio album), aka Dedications I
- Dedications II (Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio album), released in the U.S. as Dedications
- Toshiko Plays Billy StrayhornToshiko Plays Billy StrayhornToshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn is a jazz album recorded by two different configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in 1978...
, aka Dedications III
- Dedication, the first in a mixtape series by DJ DramaDJ DramaTyree Cinque Simmons better known as DJ Drama is an American hip hop artist and the official DJ for Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist T.I.....
and Lil WayneLil WayneDwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included... - "Dedication", a song by Beastie Boys from Hello NastyHello NastyHello Nasty is the fifth studio album by the Beastie Boys. It was released on July 14, 1998 via Capitol Records and sold 681,000 copies in its first week, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart...
- "Dedication", a song by Brand Nubian from One for All
- "Dedication", a song by War from Eric Burdon Declares "War"
Other media
- Dedication (film)Dedication (film)Dedication is a 2007 American romantic comedy film starring Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore. Written by David Bromberg, this film is actor Justin Theroux's directorial debut. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. It was produced by Plum Pictures.-Plot:Henry Roth is an...
, a 2007 film starring Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore - Dedications (MuchMusic), a Canadian television program
- Dedication (publishing)Dedication (publishing)A Dedication is the expression of friendly connection or thank by the author towards another person...
, in book design, a page in the front matter - "Dedication" (short story), a short story by Stephen King
- Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, a play by Terrence McNallyTerrence McNallyTerrence McNally is an American playwright who has received four Tony Awards, an Emmy, two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Hull-Warriner Award, and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has been a member of the Council of the...
- "Dedication" (The Unit), an episode of the television series The Unit