Definition of Abecedary. Meaning of Abecedary. Synonyms of Abecedary

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Definition of Abecedary

Abecedary
Abecedarian A`be*ce*da"ri*an, Abecedary A`be*ce"da*ry, 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.
Abecedary
Abecedary A`be*ce"da*ry, n. A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything. [R.] --Fuller.

Meaning of Abecedary from wikipedia

- An abecedarium (also known as an abecedary or ABCs or simply an ABC) is an inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed...
- Proto-Canaanite alphabet. The flat side of the boulder is inscribed with a complete abecedary, although in a different order to the traditional version. The first line...
- Its name in Esperanto is ĥo (pronounced /xo/), or ĥi in the Kalocsay abecedary. It is also used in the revised Demers/Blanchet/St Onge orthography for...
- economic texts. Unique among the Ugarit texts are the earliest known abecedaries, lists of letters in alphabetic cuneiform, where not only the canonical...
- Puck Aleshire’s Abecedary (2000) by Michael Swanwick, a collection of short-short stories (one for each letter of the alphabet), initially ran in The...
- An abecedarius (also abecedary and abecedarian) is a special type of acrostic in which the first letter of every word, strophe or verse follows the order...
- The stone includes an inscription identified by some scholars as an abecedary, among the oldest ever discovered. Archaeology of Israel Biblical archaeology...
- States,” in Literate Culture and Tenth-Century Canaan: The Tel Zayit Abecedary in Context, ed. Ron E. Tappy and P. Kyle McCarter, (Winona Lake, IN, 2008)...
- The Fayum alphabet is an Ancient Gr**** abecedary inscribed on four copper plates, purportedly found in Fayum, Egypt but made in Cyprus. It may preserve...
- which books they had used. The Dictionary People is structured as an abecedary, with each chapter focussing on a particular type of contributor, such...