nicaea
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1. the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | ecumenical council, ecumenical council, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.group) |
2. 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.location)
| instance hypernym | : | city, metropolis, urban center, |
| definition | : | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | bithynia, |
| definition | : | an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC (noun.location) |
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