Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nicaea

3 senses of nicaea

Sense 1
Nicaea -- (an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Sense 2
Nicaea, Second Council of Nicaea -- (the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images)
       => ecumenical council -- ((early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church")

Sense 3
Nicaea, First Council of Nicaea -- (the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism)
       => ecumenical council -- ((early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church")