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noun 
  1. the supposed sin of clergy marrying or living with women
    • 1957: w:Ralph Henry Carless Davis, 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 , or clerical marriage.
Etymology: nicholaism is derived from Nicolaitanism which comes from Nicolaitan, a sect mentioned in Revelations Chapter 2 verses 6 & 14-15.

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