Abecedary vs. Abecedarian

Abecedarynoun

(rare) The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.

Abecedarynoun

One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian.

Abecedaryadjective

Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian.

Abecedarynoun

A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.

Abecedaryadjective

alphabetical. Also, of a poem, etc.: that has each verse or line beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, in alphabetical order.

Abecedariannoun

Someone who is learning the alphabet.

Abecedariannoun

An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.

Abecedariannoun

(archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.

Abecedariannoun

(rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.

Abecedarianadjective

Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.

Abecedarianadjective

Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.

Abecedarianadjective

Arranged in an alphabetical manner.

Abecedarianadjective

Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.

Abecedariannoun

One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.

Abecedariannoun

One engaged in teaching the alphabet.

Abecedarianadjective

Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.

Abecedariannoun

a novice learning the rudiments of some subject

Abecedariannoun

a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge

Abecedarianadjective

alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)

Abecedarianadjective

arranged alphabetically

Abecedarianadjective

rudimentary; elementary

Abecedarian

Abecedarians were a 16th-century German sect of Anabaptists who rejected all human learning. Questions have been raised as to the historical accuracy of the name and sect, though the term was applied broadly to the Zwickau Prophets.