quartodeciman

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Noun

1. Any of a group of early [[Christian]]s (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]],<ref>John 19:14, 31, 42</ref> and the day before the beginning of [[Jewish]] [[Passover]] (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread ({{l|he|מַצּוֹת|tr=matsót}}), which began on Nisan 15.

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to these people.

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