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nicene


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nicene  \Ni"cene\,  a.  [L.  Nicaenus  fr  Nicaea  Nice,  Gr  ?.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Nice,  a  town  of  Asia  Minor,  or  to  the 
  ecumenial  council  held  there  A.  D.  325. 
 
  {Nicene  Creed},  a  summary  of  Christian  faith,  composed  and 
  adopted  by  the  Council  of  Nice,  against  Arianism,  A.  D. 
  325,  altered  and  confirmed  by  the  Council  of 
  Constantinople,  A.  D.  381,  and  by  subsequent  councils.