Quartodeciman

English Etymology From the en la Quārtadecimānī, from la quārta la decimaNew Vulgate (Old Testament) http://www.vatican.va/archive/bible/nova_vulgata/documents/nova-vulgata_vt_leviticus_lt.html#23 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. 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,John 19:14, 31, 42 and the day before the beginning of Jewish Passover (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (he מַצּוֹת matsót), which began on Nisan 15. Adjective - Of or pertaining to these people. Related terms en Quartodecimanism References