Added 9 October 2026
nicaea
noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about nicaea at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- 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 seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images.
- The first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism.