Nicene

[ nahy-seen, nahy-seen ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Nicaea.

Nicene

/ ˈnaɪsiːn; naɪˈsiːən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Nicaea, an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, or its inhabitants

Other Words From

• non-Ni·cene adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nicene¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin Nīcēnus, variant of Nīcaenus < Greek Nīkaîos ( Nī́kai ( a ) Nicaea + -os adj. suffix), with -n- from Latin adj. suffix -ānus -an

Example Sentences

The post-Nicene fathers, or popery, may be compared to a field of wheat overrun with weeds.

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The anti-Nicene fathers had many errors, but theirs were not the errors of Romanism.

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Yet the post-Nicene literature, considered as literature, reaches a far higher level.

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The attitude of the church in the post-Nicene period differs from that in the ante-Nicene in two important respects.

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In the ante-Nicene period only ecclesiastical penalties, such as reproof, deposition or excommunication, could be imposed.

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