Defenition of the word nicaea
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Defenition of the word nicaea
- an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325
- the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism
- the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
Meronymys for the word nicaea
Hypernyms for the word nicaea
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- city
- ecumenical council
- metropolis
- urban center
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