Nicaea (Noun)
Meaning 1
The seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 2
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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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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Meaning 3
The first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.