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nikolaitism

nikolaitism is the alternative form of Nicolaitism.

Meaning of Nicolaitism

Noun

Nicolaitism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The practices of the Nicolaitan sect; libertinism, especially among the clergy; clerical marriage.
    • By the time Irenaeus's generation was writing the topos of Nicolaitism was already developed enough to be harnessed to condemn individuals or groups for alleged sexual immorality.2005, Alberto Ferreiro, Simon Magus in Patristic, Medieval and Early Modern Traditions, page 113

Questions about nikolaitism

What is nikolaitism the alternative form of?
Nikolaitism is the alternative form of Nicolaitism.

Words near nikolaitism in the dictionary

  1. Nikola
  2. Nikolaev
  3. Nikolai
  4. Nikolaiev
  5. Nikolais
  6. nikolaitism
  7. Nikolaos
  8. Nikolas
  9. Nikolayev
  10. Nikolayevka
  11. Nikolayevo

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