Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nicene"
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.
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