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English noun: Nicaea | |||
| 1. | Nicaea (location) an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325 | ||
| Instance hypernym | city, metropolis, urban center | ||
| Part meronym | Bithynia | ||
| 2. | Nicaea (group) the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images | ||
| Synonyms | Second Council of Nicaea | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ecumenical council | ||
| 3. | Nicaea (group) the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism | ||
| Synonyms | First Council of Nicaea | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ecumenical council | ||
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