Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
abecedarian . - noun An a-b-c book; a primer.
- noun A first principle or element; rudiment: as, “such rudiments or abecedaries,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
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Examples
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From this abecedary, that is, a hymn in which every strophe begins with the corresponding letter of the alphabet, there are missing the strophes beginning with the letters from U to Z.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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For example, one of the stories "From 'Abecediarya'" (it's actually an excerpt from an upcoming novel) by Adam David is best described as a narrative that follows an abecedary format.
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An odd bestiary, or, A compendium of instructive and entertaining descriptions of animals: Culled from five centuries of travelers 'accounts, natural histories, ... famous and obscure, arranged as an abecedary by Alan James Robinson
120th Tournament of Roses Parade: An Intimate Photographic Essay 2009
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Ineke is about to launch her new perfume, Evening Edged in Gold, thus adding the letter "E" to her fragrant abecedary anthology...
Interesting Read: Interview with Ineke Ruhland Ayala Sender 2007
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Ineke is about to launch her new perfume, Evening Edged in Gold, thus adding the letter "E" to her fragrant abecedary anthology...
Archive 2007-11-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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The rest includes a number of brief curiosities he claims to have written in his sleep, an sfnal abecedary, amusements at the expense of Picasso and one of the field's prominent editors, and more (over seventy items in all), all deft and witty and many of them blessed with an acerbic bite.
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St. Augustine, the latter did not contribute to hymnody but left us only an interesting rhythmical abecedary composed in the year 393 and intended for singing as the repetition verse proves.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Cistercians, the Dominicans, these last chanting at Lauds only the strophe from the abecedary of Sedulius (lines 37-40):
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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These oikoi are alternately longer and shorter, and their initial letters form a Greek abecedary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The second hymn, also an abecedary, is apparently the song of the new birth of a soul in baptism; the whole song would enable us to ascertain this, but the first five strophes (beginning with A to E) have been lost.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
philippahammond commented on the word abecedary
Word in context: “Bernardo Atxaga’s ’s abecedary of war starts with a malevolent flower and ends with the ultimate solution�?
April 17, 2009