Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hymns"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abecedarian \A`be*ce*da"ri*an\, Abecedary \A`be*ce"da*ry\, a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet;
alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
{Abecedarian psalms}, {hymns}, etc., compositions in which
(like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or
verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet.
--Hook.
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