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nicholaism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

the supposed sin of clergy marrying or living with women

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1957: Ralph Henry Carless Davis, A history of Medieval Europe, p.239 - What were the trangressions of which he (Gregory VII) was so loudly to proclaim? First there was the sin of nicholaism, or clerical marriage.

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Etymology

Derived from Nicolaitanism which comes from Nicolaitan, a sect mentioned in Revelations Chapter 2 verses 6 & 14-15.