Definition of Nicaea

Noun: Nicaea  nI'see-u

1. The seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
   - Second Council of Nicaea
    
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
    
3. The first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism
   - First Council of Nicaea

See also:
nicads
Nicaean

Anagrams containing the word nicaea

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