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Nicolaitan

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nicholaitannounAlternative form of Nicolaitan. [A member of an early Christian sect (Nicolaism), said to participate in certain pagan ceremonies.]
nicolaitenoun(historical) A Nicolaitan.
nicolaitanismnounThe beliefs of the Nicolaitans, an early Christian group or sect.
nikolaitismnounAlternative form of Nicolaitism. [(historical) The practices of the Nicolaitan sect; libertinism, especially among the clergy; clerical marriage.]
nicolaitismnoun(historical) The practices of the Nicolaitan sect; libertinism, especially among the clergy; clerical marriage.
nicolaismnounA particular Christian heresy (in the early church)
nicodemismnounThe beliefs and practices of Nicodemites.
nicaeannoun(demonym) A person from Nicaea or the Empire of Nicaea.
nicomediannoun(historical) An inhabitant of Nicomedia.
borboritenoun(historical) A member of an ancient libertine Gnostic sect, said to be descended from the Nicolaitans.
nicholaismnounthe supposed sin of clergy marrying or living with women
novatiannounA Roman priest, who became an antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, considered by the Catholic Church to be a schismatic heresiarch as founder of a Christian sect known as Novatianism.
novatianismnoun(historical, Christianity) A rigorist Christian sect that opposed re-admitting baptised Christians who had previously renounced their faith under persecution and by extension all those who had committed a mortal sin, founded by the priest and antipope Novatian in the third century.
simoniannounPertaining to the legends surrounding and teachings of Simon Magus.
nicæanounObsolete spelling of Nicaea. [(historical) Former name of Iznik: a town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE church council that composed the Nicene Creed.]
novatianistnounA Novatian.
niceanounAlternative form of Nicaea (“Iznik”). [(historical) Former name of Iznik: a town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE church council that composed the Nicene Creed.]
neophytenounA beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
noetiannoun(Christianity, historical) A follower of Noetus, a presbyter of the church of Asia Minor about AD 230, who believed that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost in the Holy Trinity were not distinct.
nestoriannoun(sometimes derogatory) Relating to teachings or to the followers of Nestorius.

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