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abecedarium

American  
[ey-bee-see-dair-ee-uhm] / ˌeɪ bi siˈdɛər i əm /

noun

abecedaria plural
  1. a primer, especially for teaching the alphabet.


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Etymology

Origin of abecedarium

From Medieval Latin

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Rather than follow the Anglocentric pattern of apple, ball and cat, it looks across a wide variety of languages to create a new abecedarium.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2022

In its earliest form, as it appears in inscriptions on various articles found in Schleswig and in Scandinavian countries, it consisted of twenty-four letters, all of which occur in abecedaria in England.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

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