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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.
Group relationships: Bithynia
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Derivative terms: Nicaean
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Derivative terms: Nicaean
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.
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