Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines it as “an act or rite of dedicating to a divine being or to a sacred use, ”“ a devoting or setting aside for a particular purpose, ” “self - sacrificing devotion. ”
केनेडी प्रतीयमानतः इस शब्द का प्रयोग “आत्म - त्यागी भक्‍ति ” के अर्थ में कर रहा था ।