(ABE-ce-DAR-i-an). As a noun, primarily one learning alphabet characters but also used to describe a novice undertaking to learn something or anyone learning the rudiments or fundamentals of something or as an adjective, arranged alphabetically or in alphabetical order.
a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)
One who teaches or studies the alphabet. One who is just learning; a beginner.
Abecedarians were a 16th century German sect of Anabaptists who affected an absolute disdain for all human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten his elect from within themselves, giving them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and ecstasies, with which human learning would interfere.
