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Nicolaitans

Nicolaitans is the plural of Nicolaitan.

Meaning of Nicolaitan

Noun

Nicolaitan (plural Nicolaitans)

  1. A member of an early Christian sect (Nicolaism), said to participate in certain pagan ceremonies.
    • nicholaitan, (g) an heretike, like Nicholas, who helde that wiues ſhould bee common to all alike.[1604, Robert Cawdrey, “nicholaitan”, in A Table Alphabeticall, […]

Questions about Nicolaitans

What is Nicolaitans the plural of?
Nicolaitans is the plural of Nicolaitan.

Words near Nicolaitans in the dictionary

  1. Nicolae Bălcescu
  2. Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome
  3. Nicolaism
  4. Nicolaitan
  5. Nicolaitanism
  6. Nicolaitans
  7. Nicolaite
  8. Nicolaites
  9. Nicolaitism
  10. Nicolas
  11. Nicolau-Balus syndrome

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