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# Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by [[letter]]s of the [[alphabet]].
# Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by [[letter]]s of the [[alphabet]].
#* '''1986''', Arthur Hilary Armstrong, A. A. Armstrong, ''Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman''‎, page 486
#: ''We used an '''alphabetical''' system to organize our files.''
#*: Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of '''alphabetical''' language.
# According to the [[sequence]] of the letters of the [[alphabet]].
# According to the [[sequence]] of the letters of the [[alphabet]].
#: ''All names were placed into an '''alphabetical''' list.''
#: ''All names were placed into an '''alphabetical''' list.''

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Etymology

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alphabetical (comparative more alphabetical, superlative most alphabetical)

  1. Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
    • 1986, Arthur Hilary Armstrong, A. A. Armstrong, Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman‎, page 486
      Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.
  2. According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
    All names were placed into an alphabetical list.

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