'Nicaea' definitions:
Definition of 'Nicaea'
From: WordNet
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
noun
The seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images [syn: Nicaea, Second Council of Nicaea]
noun
The first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism [syn: Nicaea, First Council of Nicaea]