Nicaea

[nahy-see-uh]

noun

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

Nicaea

/ naɪˈsiːə /

noun

1. Modern Turkish name: Iznik. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Bithynia: site of the first council of Nicaea (325 _ad ), which composed the Nicene Creed

Example Sentences

Francis has also been planning at least one foreign trip to Turkey for the celebration of the 1,700th anniversary of a major Christian council of bishops in ancient Nicaea.

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“It’s so cool how you know all this lore and expanded universe stuff,” JP says after Paul brings up the First Council of Nicaea.

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Twelve years later, he convened the Council of Nicaea – a gathering of Christian bishops from across the empire – in what is now Turkey.

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Godeffroy was an eleventh-century crusader who led Christian armies through Nicaea and Constantinople, and into Jerusalem, slaughtering as many Muslims as he could find.

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Since the Council of Nicaea, Christians have been prone to issue joint statements designed to draw the boundaries of orthodoxy — and cast their rivals beyond them.

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