English dictionary

Nicaea

/n/aI/'s/i//@/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325

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the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images

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Synonyms second council of nicaea

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the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism

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Synonyms first council of nicaea

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