Nicolaitan

• Nicholaitan

From Nicolaite +‎ -an.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɪ.kəˈleɪ.ɪ.t(ə)n/

Nicolaitan (plural Nicolaitans)

1. A member of an early Christian sect (Nicolaism), said to participate in certain pagan ceremonies.
   • [1604, Robert Cawdrey, “nicholaitan”, in A Table Alphabeticall, […]:

     nicholaitan, (g) an heretike, like Nicholas, who helde that wiues ſhould bee common to all alike.]

   • 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.