ABECEDARIAN; ABECEDARY

a.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


a.

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.


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