Definition of "Nicolaitan"

Nicolaitan

/nɪ.kəˈleɪ.ɪ.t(ə)n/

noun
plural Nicolaitans
1. A member of an early Christian sect (Nicolaism), said to participate in certain pagan ceremonies.
  Quotations
  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.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Revelation 2:6
  held that a Nicholaitan is an heretike, like Nicholas, who held that wiues should bee commmon to all alike.
  1604, Reverend Cawdrey, Table Aleph