dēdĭcātĭo

I. dedication, consecration: aedis, Liv. 2, 27: theatri, Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158; Suet. Claud. 21: pontis, id. Calig. 32: domus Dei, Vulg. 1 Esdr. 6, 16: statuae, id. Dan. 3, 2 al.