Definition of Nicaean

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor.

Exact synonyms: Nicene
Partainyms: Nicaea, Nicaea
Derivative terms: Nicaea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nicaean

Ni-hard
Ni-hard iron
Ni-resist
Ni-resist iron
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Niagaras
Niall
Niamey
Nibelung
Nibelungenlied
Nibiru
Nibley
Nicaea
Nicaean (current term)
Nican Tlaca
Nicandra
Nicandra physaloides
Nicaragua
Nicaragua wood
Nicaraguan
Nicaraguan Sign Language
Nicaraguan capital
Nicaraguan monetary unit
Nicaraguans
Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo Paganini
Nice
Nicene

Literary usage of Nicaean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Christian Church by Karl von Hase, Charles Edward Blumenthal, Conway Phelps Wing (1870)
"better expression of it might be expected from tlie Synods, (c) Bnt even at Chalcedon the decisions of the Nicaean Fathers were looked upon as an immutable ..."

2. Authoritative Christianity: The First Ecumenical Council ... which was Held by James Chrystal (1891)
"The term Nicaean used in the formularies mentioned below, probably refers in every instance, or in nearly every instance, not to that, ..."

3. Selected Works by Ulrich Zwingli (1901)
"Now you come forward and say that he placed Paphnutius in the Nicaean ... But since the papists speak so consistently about the Nicaean council he made his ..."

4. History of the Christian Church by George Herbert Dryer (1897)
"This rests on a misconception or mistranslation of the acts of the Council of Nicaea; but the whole effort is to refute the Nicaean Council. ..."

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