FIRST COUNCIL OF NICAEA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does First Council of Nicaea mean?

• FIRST COUNCIL OF NICAEA (noun)
The noun FIRST COUNCIL OF NICAEA has 1 sense:

1. the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism

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• FIRST COUNCIL OF NICAEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

First Council of Nicaea; Nicaea

Hypernyms ("First Council of Nicaea" is a kind of...):

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)

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