nicaea

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nicaea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Nicaea
      n 1: an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC
           and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was
           adopted there in 325
      2: the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted
         iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images [syn:
         Nicaea, Second Council of Nicaea]
      3: the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the
         wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of
         Arianism [syn: Nicaea, First Council of Nicaea]