Nicolaitismn.
/nɪkəˈleɪᵻtɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌnɪkəˈleɪᵻˌtɪz(ə)m/ rare before 20th cent. Chiefly historical.
= Nicolaitanism n.
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Nicolaitanism1664
Nicolaitism1664
1664 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. 72 Ye are not..free from the Lusts of the flesh (which Vice is here noted by Nicolaitism dioristically, as Idolatry in general before by eating things sacrificed to Idols).
1669 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. iii. 42 This is allowed the Ephesine Church,..that they are free from Nicolaitism.
a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 402 Receive not Fornicators t'office trust. The Marri'de Minister he means. It's Nicolaitism [written Nicolaitison] busht By Peter Damian's Streams.
1949 J. L. Lamonte World of Middle Ages 252 The method employed by the church to stamp out simony was the same as that applied to Nicolaitism and other evils.
1988 Amer. Hist. Rev. 93 317 They sought..to establish a purified priesthood free from the buying and selling of church offices (simony) and clerical marriage (nicolaitism).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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