Associations to the word «Abecedarian»

ABECEDARIAN, noun. Someone who is learning the alphabet. [Early 17th century.]

ABECEDARIAN, noun. An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning. [Early 17th century.]

ABECEDARIAN, noun. (archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning. [Early 17th century.]

ABECEDARIAN, noun. (rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.

ABECEDARIAN, adjective. (now rare) Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary. [Mid 17th century.]

ABECEDARIAN, adjective. Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets. [Mid 17th century.]

ABECEDARIAN, adjective. Arranged in an alphabetical manner. [Mid 17th century.]

ABECEDARIAN, adjective. Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.

ABECEDARIAN, noun. (historical) A member of a 16th-century Anabaptist sect, follower of the Zwickau prophets (and specially of Thomas Storch), who believed that any kind of knowledge (even basic reading and writing) would keep one from reaching obtaining salvation. [from 19th c.]

ABECEDARIAN, noun. A novice learning the rudiments of some subject.

ABECEDARIAN, noun. A 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge.

ABECEDARIAN, adjective. Alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers).