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Quartodeciman

Quartodeciman noun: any of a group of early Christians (especially in Asia Minor, Syria, and Jerusalem) who observed Pascha (Christian Passover or Easter) on Nisan 14 of the Hebrew calendar, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of John, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (מַצּוֹת (matsót)), which began on Nisan 15.

Noun

Quartodeciman (plural Quartodecimans)

  1. Any of a group of early Christians (especially in Asia Minor, Syria, and Jerusalem) who observed Pascha (Christian Passover or Easter) on Nisan 14 of the Hebrew calendar, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of John, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (מַצּוֹת (matsót)), which began on Nisan 15.

Adjective

Quartodeciman (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to these people.

Forms of Quartodeciman

pluralQuartodecimans

Origin of Quartodeciman

From the Latin Quārtadecimānī, from quārta decima for the fourteenth day of the first month of the Jewish calendar, which is Nisan.

Questions about Quartodeciman

What does Quartodeciman mean?
Quartodeciman means any of a group of early Christians (especially in Asia Minor, Syria, and Jerusalem) who observed Pascha (Christian Passover or Easter) on Nisan 14 of the Hebrew calendar, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of John, and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (מַצּוֹת (matsót)), which began on Nisan 15.
What part of speech is Quartodeciman?
Quartodeciman can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Quartodeciman?
The plural of Quartodeciman is Quartodecimans.

Words near Quartodeciman in the dictionary

  1. quartinvariants
  2. quartiparous
  3. quartisect
  4. Quartly
  5. quarto
  6. Quartodeciman
  7. Quartodecimanism
  8. Quartodecimans
  9. quartole
  10. quartoles
  11. quartos

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