noun
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
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Nicaean
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms: ↑Bithynia
2. the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
• Syn: ↑Second Council of Nicaea
• Hypernyms: ↑ecumenical council
3. the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism
• Syn: ↑First Council of Nicaea
• Hypernyms: ↑ecumenical council
Useful english dictionary. 2012.