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Abecedarier — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abecedarian noun Someone who is learning the alphabet.

Senses

Abecedarier is used for these senses in English:

  • Abecedarian (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 obtaining salvation. [from 19th c.]

abecedarian — full definition

  1. noun Someone who is learning the alphabet.
  2. noun An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.
  3. noun Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.
  4. noun A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.