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Abecedarian vs Apprentice - What's the difference?

abecedarian | apprentice |

In historical|lang=en terms the difference between abecedarian and apprentice

is that abecedarian is (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 reaching obtaining salvation while apprentice is (historical) one who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

As nouns the difference between abecedarian and apprentice

is that abecedarian is (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 reaching obtaining salvation while apprentice is a trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

As a verb apprentice is

to put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

abecedarian

English

Alternative forms

* abecedary

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who is learning the alphabet.
  • An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.
  • *, II.28:
  • *:A man may alwaies continue his studie, but not schooling. O fond-foolish for an old man to be ever an Abcedarian .
  • (archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.
  • (rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.
  • * 1996 , in Mediaevalia (published by the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies of the State University of New York at Binghamton), vol.19, p.133:
    • This formal organization is most likely to create obscurity in such elaborate and artificial forms as: palindromes (words, phrases, or verses which read the same backward or forward), abecedarians (poems in which the initial letters of lines or stanzas are arranged to.
  • * 2007 , A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music Collection of the National Library (ISBN 0754651681), p.590:
    • Abecedarian verses are chanted stichoi/stichera verses in which the first letter of each verse follows an alphabetical order..
  • * 2008 , Erich J. Goller, Groovy , p.165:
    • An Abecedarian is any poem constrained by alphabetical order.

    Synonyms

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.
  • *1971 , (Brian Lumley), ‘Rising with Surtsey’:
  • *:The professor [...] had several other translations or feats of antiquarian deciphering to his credit. Indeed, I was extremely fortunate to find him in at the museum, for he planned to fly within the week to Peru where yet another task awaited his abecedarian talents.
  • Arranged in an alphabetical manner.
  • Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.

    • Derived terms

    * abecedarian psalms * abecedarian insult

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    apprentice

    English

    Alternative forms

    * apprentise (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
  • (historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
  • (dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.

    • See also

    * * *

    Verb

    (apprentic)
  • To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
  • To be an apprentice to.
    • Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.

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