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Nicaea

noun
1.
An ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325.
2.
The seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images.  Synonym: Second Council of Nicaea.
3.
The first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism.  Synonym: First Council of Nicaea.



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Words linked to "Nicaea" :   ecumenical council, urban center, Second Council of Nicaea, Nicaean, city, First Council of Nicaea, Bithynia, metropolis


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