Dictionary entry

Nicolaitan

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ni′co‐la″i‐tan (nĭk′ō̍‐lā″ĭ‐tan), n. [So called from Nicolas of Antioch, mentioned in Acts vi. 5.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of certain corrupt persons in the early church at Ephesus, who are censured in Rev. ii. 6, 15.