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NicaeaenUK
Ni·cae·a N0094400 (nī-sē′ə) An ancient city of Bithynia in northwest Asia Minor. Dating from the fourth century bc, it flourished during Roman times. The Nicene Creed was adopted at an ecumenical council convened here by Constantine I in ad 325.
Ni·cae′an adj.Nicaea (naɪˈsiːə) n (Placename) an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Bithynia: site of the first council of Nicaea (325 ad), which composed the Nicene Creed. Modern Turkish name: Iznik Ni•cae•a (naɪˈsi ə)
n. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here A.D. 325. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Nicaea - an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325Bithynia - an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC | | 2. | Nicaea - the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy imagesSecond Council of Nicaeaecumenical council - (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church" | | 3. | Nicaea - the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of ArianismFirst Council of Nicaeaecumenical council - (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church" |
TranslationsNicaeaenUK
Nicaea (nīsē`ə), city of Bithnyia, N Asia Minor, built in the 4th cent. B.C. by Antigonus I as Antigonia and renamed Nicaea by Lysimachus for his wife. It flourished under the Romans. It was the scene of the ecumenical council called in A.D. 325 by Constantine IConstantine I
or Constantine the Great
, 288?–337, Roman emperor, b. Naissus (present-day Niš, Serbia). He was the son of Constantius I and Helena and was named in full Flavius Valerius Constantinus.
..... Click the link for more information. , and a second council held there in 787 sanctioned the devotional use of images (see Nicaea, First Council ofNicaea, First Council of,
325, 1st ecumenical council, convened by Roman Emperor Constantine the Great to solve the problems raised by Arianism. It has been said that 318 persons attended, but a more likely number is 225, including every Eastern bishop of importance, four
..... Click the link for more information. and Nicaea, Second Council ofNicaea, Second Council of,
787, 7th ecumenical council, convened by Byzantine Empress Irene. Called to refute iconoclasm, the council declared that images ought to be venerated (but not worshiped) and ordered them restored in churches.
..... Click the link for more information. ). The city, captured by the Turks in 1078 and by the Crusaders in 1097 (see also Nicaea, empire ofNicaea, empire of,
1204–61. In 1204 the armies of the Fourth Crusade set up the Latin Empire of Constantinople, but the Crusaders' influence did not extend over the entire Byzantine Empire.
..... Click the link for more information. ), passed finally to the Turks in 1330. It is sometimes called Nice. The modern İznik, Turkey, is on the site.Nicaea an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Bithynia: site of the first council of Nicaea (325 ad), which composed the Nicene Creed NicaeaenUK
Synonyms for Nicaeanoun an ancient city in BithyniaRelated Wordsnoun the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy imagesSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of ArianismSynonymsRelated Words |