Abecedarium (English, noun)
| Term or phrase | abecedarium |
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| Language | English |
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| Function in sentence or vocabulary | noun |
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| Definition | [Abecedarium] is the name of a list of all the letters constituting an alphabet, coined from the first four letters. Lists of this kind were used for instruction and also as a record to help the memory at a time when the knowledge of writing was not widespread. |
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| Is the text of the definition a quotation or a paraphrase of the source? | quotation |
| Source of definition in print | Moorhouse, Alfred C., The Triumph of the Alphabet: A History of Writing (New York: Henry Schuman, 1953), 132 |
| Significant terms and phrases | letter, alphabet, writing |
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