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abecedary"primer, alphabet table," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin abecedarium "an ABC book," neuter of adjective abecedarius, used as a noun, from the first four letters of the Latin alphabe [..]
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abecedaryA book containing the letters of the alphabet and basic rules of spelling and grammar, used in Europe as a primer before the invention of the printing press. Early printed examples (sometimes in the f [..]
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abecedary
(rare) The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium. First attested from 1350 to 1470.
One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fu [..]
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