QUARTODECIMAN
\kwˈɔːtə͡ʊdsˌɪmən], \kwˈɔːtəʊdsˌɪmən], \k_w_ˈɔː_t_əʊ_d_s_ˌɪ_m_ə_n]\
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kwor-t[=o]-des'i-man, n. one of those who celebrated the Paschal festival on the 14th day of Nisan without regard to the day of the week. The western churches kept it on the Sunday after the 14th day--the usage approved by the Council of Nice (325 A.D.). [L. quartodecimus, fourteenth, quatuor, four, decem, ten.]
By Thomas Davidson
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].