Quartodeciman, n. and a.
(ˌkwɔːtəʊˈdɛsɪmən)
Also 7 -decuman.
[ad. med.L. quarta-, quartodecimān-us, f. quartus decimus fourteenth.]
A. n. One of those early Christians who celebrated Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover (the 14th of Nisan), whether this was a Sunday or not.
The practice (chiefly observed in Proconsular Asia) was condemned by the Council of Nice, a.d. 325.
| 1624 Darcie Birth of Heresies viii. 31 The Phrygian Montanists condemne the Quartodecumans. 1642 Hales Schism 7 Why might not it be lawful..to celebrate Easter with the Quartodeciman. 1709 J. Johnson Clergym. Vade M. ii. p. cxv, When Austin came first to this island, the Christians he found here were Quartodecimans. 1833 J. H. Newman Arians i. i. (1876) 13. 1883 P. Schaff Hist. Church II. xii. lxxxiii. 706 There is no evidence at all that the apostle John celebrated Easter with the Quarto-decimans. |
B. adj. Of or relating to the Quartodecimans, or their method of observing Easter.
| 1702 Echard Eccl. Hist. (1710) 478 The Quartodeciman controversie..between the Eastern and Western churches. 1761 Hume Hist. Eng. I. i. 38 The quartodeciman schism as it was called. 1833 J. H. Newman Arians i. i. (1876) 13 Polycrates, who was primate of the Quarto-deciman churches. 1879 Maclear Celts xi. 180 The quarto-deciman view of the earlier Asiatics of Asia Minor. |
Hence Quartoˈdecimanism, the views or practice of the Quartodecimans. Also † Quartodecimarian a. Obs. rare—1.
| 1880 Athenæum 9 Oct. 463/2 The *quartodecimanism of John. 1885 G. Salmon in Academy 5 Dec. 367/2 The Ignatian letters have not a word about Quartodecimanism. 1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censure 90 That early and unhappy *Quartodecimarian Schism. |