"Nicolaitan" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Nicolaite + -an.",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 2:6:",
          "text": "But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which also I hate....So hast thou also them that hold to the doctrine of the Nicolaitans.",
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          "text": "held that a Nicholaitan is an heretike, like Nicholas, who held that wiues should bee commmon to all alike.",
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        "A member of an early Christian sect (Nicolaism), said to participate in certain pagan ceremonies."
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          "word": "Nicholaitan"
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 2:6:",
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