Nicaean
Americanadjective
adjective
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The Nicaean church in which the seventh Council dispatched iconoclasm in the year 787 has been roofed and restored, and plans to build new hotels in the town are under way.
From New York Times • May 4, 2011
Cotelerius also refers to the Arabic Preface to the Nicaean Council.
From Simon Magus by Mead, George Robert Stow
He wrapped the parcel in the white silken cover she gave him, making mental comparison, nevertheless, with the old Nicaean ordinances.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis
Pious minds amplified and transformed them, and it was stated that Paphnutius, from the top of his pillar, had converted the Prefect of the Fleet to the faith of the apostles and the Nicaean fathers.
From Thais by Douglas, Robert B. (Robert Bruce)
However, they had been won to the Arian and not the Nicaean creed, and consequently were regarded as heretics by the orthodox Romans, who never became reconciled to rulers of another confession than themselves.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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