Nicolaitan

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English

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Etymology

From Nicolaite +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /nɪ.kəˈleɪ.ɪ.t(ə)n/

Noun

Nicolaitan (plural Nicolaitans)

  1. A member of an early Christian sect (Nicolaism), said to participate in certain pagan ceremonies.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Revelation 2:6:
      But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which also I hate....So hast thou also them that hold to the doctrine of the Nicolaitans.
    • 1604, Reverend Cawdrey, Table Aleph:
      held that a Nicholaitan is an heretike, like Nicholas, who held that wiues should bee commmon to all alike.
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