Nicolaitan

American  

[nik-uh-lay-it-uhn] / ˌnɪk əˈleɪ ɪt ən /

noun

• Nicolaitans
  plural

1. History/Historical. in early Christianity, a member of a group mentioned in the New Testament and considered heretical.

2. History/Historical. in medieval Christianity, a member of any of various groups deemed heretical, especially a group opposed to clerical celibacy or described by its critics as morally licentious.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• Nicolaitans
  plural

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Nicolaitans

He finds in this church one fact worthy of commendation—their abhorrence of the deeds of the Nicolaitans.

From The Revelation Explained by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

But this thou hast because thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which deeds I also hate.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

Even so hast thou them that maintain the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

The Nicolaitans are the Continentes above described, who placed religion in abstinence from marriage, abandoning their wives if they had any.

From Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John by Sir Isaac Newton

Certainly it was adopted by the Christians who were known as Ophites, Gnostics, and Nicolaitans.

From Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World by Anonymous

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