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Definition of Nicaea

1. 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.

2. Noun. The seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images.

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

Definition of Nicaea

1. Proper noun. (historical) An ancient city in Bithynia in Asia Minor, important during Roman and Byzantine times, on the site of modern-day ?znik, Turkey, to which it gave its name. Famous as the site of first council of Nicaea in 325 AD, which composed the Nicene Creed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nicaea

Ni Ni-hard Ni-hard iron Ni-resist Ni-resist iron Niagara Niagara Falls Niagara River Niagaras Niall

Niamey Nibelung Nibelungenlied Nibiru Nibley Nicaea (current term) Nicaean Nican Tlaca Nicandra Nicandra physaloides

Nicaragua Nicaragua wood Nicaraguan Nicaraguan Sign Language Nicaraguan capital Nicaraguan monetary unit Nicaraguans Niccolo Machiavelli Niccolo Paganini Nice

Literary usage of Nicaea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND ACHAEA, EPIRUS AND Nicaea ... On the increasing confidence to be found in Nicaea and "the mentality of ..."

2. Handbuch Der Alten Geographie by Albert Forbiger (1848)
"... als Gründer des Kastells und des Hafens) östlich von Nicaea, bei welchem Einige ... nördlich von Nicaea, in einiger Entfernung von der Küste; spiiter, ..."

3. Turkey by Stanley Lane-Poole, Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, Arthur Gilman (1899)
"... Nicaea surrendered in 1330, and in 1336 Pergamon, the capital of Mysia, was taken from the prince of Karasi and added to the Ottoman realm. ..."

4. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1904)
"The Council of Nicaea mentions the bishop of Rome among the archbishops. Readings in European History The attitude of Cyprian toward the bishop of Rome and ..."

5. Lectures on the History of the Eastern Church: With an Introduction on the by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1884)
"Before the end of August, Nicaea was restored to its former state, but the fame of the Council still lingered on the spot. It was said that they had met for ..."

6. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1909)
"Decrees issued from Nicaea would possess peculiar force and authority; ... The fathers of Nicaea impaired a doubtful cause by the monstrous fables ..."

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