a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
Someone who is learning the alphabet.
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.
alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)
Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.
The word comes from Late Latin abecedarius, which was formed by combining the first four letters of the Latin alphabet with a suffix meaning "pertaining to." It essentially means someone who is learning from an abecedary, or a beginner in reading.