Nicaea

[ nahy-see-uh ]

/ naɪˈsi ə /

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noun

an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.

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How to use Nicaea in a sentence

As Lewis Ayres shows in his book Nicaea and its Legacy, there were numerous points of disagreement and dissent.
Plotting Nicea III Could Be Pope Francis's Masterstroke|Candida Moss|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is not the age of Nicaea a good time for precedents, O purist in matters ecclesiastical?
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
In 325 the first general or ecumenical council, representing theoretically the entire Christian Church, was held at Nicaea.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3|Various
The most important cities were Nicomedia and Nicaea, which disputed with one another the rank of capital.
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He was a member of the noble Bithynian family, which had furnished three emperors of Nicaea during the 13th century.
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Parthenius of Nicaea wrote a collection of short Love Romances of a very different type.
Essays on the Greek Romances|Elizabeth Hazelton Haight

British Dictionary definitions for Nicaea

Nicaea

/ (naɪˈsiːə) /

noun

an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Bithynia: site of the first council of Nicaea (325 ad), which composed the Nicene CreedModern Turkish name: Iznik

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