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Detailed Synonyms for Nicaea in English
Nicaea:
Nicaea [the ~] noun
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the Nicaea
– the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism 1the Nicaea; the First Council of Nicaea– the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism 1 -
the Nicaea
– the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images 1the Second Council of Nicaea; the Nicaea– the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images 1 -
the 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 1