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The modern use of the term Nicodemite was launched by the great Italian historian of religion, Delio Cantimori, in his Eretici italiani del Cinquecento (1939).
Neon Fire 2009
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It was Nicodemite, that is to say, systematically secret, encouraging its members to conform outwardly to whatever religion prevailed around them.
Closet Believers Walker, D.P. 1981
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The meaning of the term 'Nicodemism' is briefly explained in the subtitle of Carlo Ginzburg's book, namely, religious simulation and dissimulation; a Nicodemite is someone who conceals his own religious convictions, while outwardly conforming to the dominant religion of his country.
Neon Fire 2009
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"Nay, nay, this is no time to play the Nicodemite.
The Path of the King John Buchan 1907
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