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dedication

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dedication

Summary

dedication ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dedication is a type of text[2].
  • dedication is a type of dedication[3].
  • dedication's Commons category is recorded as Dedication pages[4].
  • dedication's facet of is recorded as publishing[5].
  • dedication's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • dedication's main Wikidata property is recorded as P825[7].
  • dedication's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/spar/deo/Dedication[8].
  • dedication's different from is recorded as book signing[9].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include text[2] and dedication[3].

Why It Matters

dedication ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month).[1] dedication has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] dedication is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dedication. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dedication
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dedication_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{dedication}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dedication}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 22h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → text, dedication
    Facet of → publishing
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007545607705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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