Definition of "abecedary" [a•be•ce•da•ry]

• A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "From this abecedary, that is, a hymn in which every strophe begins with the corresponding letter of the alphabet, there are missing the strophes beginning with the letters from U to Z."
• "For example, one of the stories "From 'Abecediarya'" (it's actually an excerpt from an upcoming novel) by Adam David is best described as a narrative that follows an abecedary format."
• "An odd bestiary, or, A compendium of instructive and entertaining descriptions of animals: Culled from five centuries of travelers 'accounts, natural histories, ... famous and obscure, arranged as an abecedary by Alan James Robinson"