nicene
英 ['naisi:n; ,nai'si:n]
美
- adj. 小亚细亚旧都尼西亚的
英英释义
- 1. of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor
英文词源
- Nicene (adj.)
- early 15c., in reference to Nicaea (Greek Nikaia, modern Turkish Isnik), city in Bithynia where ecclesiastical council of 325 C.E. dealt with the Arian schism and produced the Nicene Creed. A second council held there (787) considered the question of images.