Quartodeciman
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin quarta decima[1] for the fourteenth day of the first month of the Jewish calendar, which is Nisan
Noun[edit]
Quartodeciman (plural Quartodecimans)
- Any of a group of early Christians who began Easter on Nisan 14, the day Jesus was crucified according to the Gospel of John[2], and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover, which is Nisan 15.
Adjective[edit]
Quartodeciman (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to these people.
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References[edit]
- ^ "New Vulgate (Old Testament)", (HTML) Leviticus 23:5: "Mense primo, quarta decima die mensis, ad vesperum Pascha Domini est."
- ^ John 19:14, 31, 42
