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quartodeciman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quar-todec-i-man
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

adj

Of or pertaining to these people.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Quartodecimans (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Quartodecimanism

Questions

What does quartodeciman mean?
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.
Where does quartodeciman come from?
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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