NICAEA

Nicaea, First Council of Nicaea

(noun) the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism

Nicaea, Second Council of Nicaea

(noun) the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images

Nicaea

(noun) an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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22 January 2025

MEGALITH

(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)


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