quartodeciman

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Definition of quartodeciman in English English dictionary

Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of JohnJohn 19: 14, 31, 42, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15

Of or pertaining to these people

(Din) (noun) Any of a group of early Christians who celebrated Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover, whether or not it was a Sunday

(Din) (adjective) Of or pertaining to the Quartodecimans or their method of observing Easter

of, or relating to Quartodecimanism

Etymology

() From the Biblical Latin quarta decima"." (HTML) Leviticus 23:5: "Mense primo, quarta decima die mensis, ad vesperum Pascha Domini est." for the fourteenth day of the first month of the Jewish calendar, which is Nisan