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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
