Quartodeciman

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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.

OriginLatin Quārtadecimānī →
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Meanings

nounQuartodeciman (plural Quartodecimans)

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.
adjectiveQuartodeciman (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to these people.

Origin

  1. LatinQuārtadecimānī
  2. EnglishQuartodeciman

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

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APA

Quartodeciman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quartodeciman

MLA

“Quartodeciman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quartodeciman. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Quartodeciman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quartodeciman.

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