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