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Webster 1913 Edition
Abecedary
{
Aˊbe-ce-da′ri-an
,Aˊbe-ce′da-ry
, }Adj.
Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
Abecedarian psalms
, hymns
etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet.
Hook.
Aˊbe-ce′da-ry
,Noun.
A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
[R.]
Fuller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abecedary
ABECE'DARY
,Adj.