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1. (n.) Nicaea
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a .d . 325.
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1. (noun) Nicaea
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) Nicaea, Second Council of Nicaea
the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
3. (noun) Nicaea, First Council of Nicaea
the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism
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