Abecedarian

== English == === Etymology === From Latin abecedārius +‎ -an; see abecedarian. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdæɹ.i.ən/ === Noun === Abecedarian (plural Abecedarians) (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.] ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Abecedarians in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)