Abecedarian

abecedarian English Etymology From en abecedārius<lang:la> -an; see en abecedarian. Pronunciation en /ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdæɹ.i.ən/ US Noun en 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.2 from 19th c. en 1990-08-27 Cynthia B. Hanson HORSE PLAY w:The Christian Science Monitor https://www.csmonitor.com/1990/0827/phorse.html Behind the stable doors, where competitors frenziedly shine tack and polish hooves, Donna McNulty busies herself with her horse, Abecedarian. https://web.archive.org/web/20250114100122/https://www.csmonitor.com/1990/0827/phorse.html en 2013-05-13 Judith Shulevitz The Lethality of Loneliness w:The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/113176/science-loneliness-how-isolation-can-kill-you Heckman has been analyzing data from two famous early-childhood intervention programs, the Abecedarian Project of the ’70s and the Perry Preschool project of the ’60s. Both have furnished ample evidence that, if you enroll very young children from poor families in programs that give both them and their parents an extra boost, then they grow up to be wealthier and healthier than their counterparts—less fat, less sick, better educated, and, for men, more likely to hold down a job. https://web.archive.org/web/20150331222002/https://newrepublic.com/article/113176/science-loneliness-how-isolation-can-kill-you Translations member of a 16th-century sect French: fr abécédarien, fr abécédaire German: de Abecedarier m Italian: it abecedariano m Portuguese: pt abecedariano m Spanish: es abecedariano m References Further reading Abecedarians