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Same as abecedarian.
An a-b-c book; a primer.
A first principle or element; rudiment: as, “such rudiments or abecedaries,” Fuller, Ch. Hist., VIII. iii. 2.

The Ancient Kingdom of EdomBack in November of 2005 I wrote about the discovery of an abecedary or Jewish alphabet stone which seemed (at least to its discoverer) to prove that Israel did indeed have a written language as early as the time of David and Solomon. — Verum Serum
And this is pretended from the sympathy of two needles touched with the same loadstone, and placed in the centre of two abecedary circles, or rings with letters described round about them, one friend keeping one, and another the other, and agreeing upon the hour wherein they will communicate. — Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
It's the abecedary of news reportage. — The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com