Nicene

[ nahy-seen, nahy-seen ]

/ naɪˈsin, ˈnaɪ sin /

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adjective

of or relating to Nicaea.

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Also Nicaean.

Origin of Nicene

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Nicene

non-Ni·cene, adjective

Words nearby Nicene

Nicaraguan, niccolite, nice, Nice guys finish last, nice-looking, Nicene, Nicene Council, Nicene Creed, nice nelly, nice-nellyism, Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

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How to use Nicene in a sentence

The post-Nicene fathers, or popery, may be compared to a field of wheat overrun with weeds.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal,|Various
The anti-Nicene fathers had many errors, but theirs were not the errors of Romanism.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal,|Various
Yet the post-Nicene literature, considered as literature, reaches a far higher level.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2|Various
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.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Nicene

Nicene

Nicaean (naɪˈsiːən)

/ (ˈnaɪsiːn) /

adjective

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

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