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# nicaea

«nicaea» in Mova's school dictionary: **now Turkey (today the town of İznik)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

proper noun (Nicaea)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (history, church) Nicaea was an ancient city in what is now Turkey (today the town of İznik). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicaea/#m1)

2) (church) The Council of Nicaea was a famous meeting of Christian bishops held there, called by the Roman emperor Constantine; it wrote the Nicene Creed, a statement of what Christians believe about God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicaea/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In religion and history lessons: the Council of Nicaea and the Nicene Creed, which many churches still say aloud in services. It tells the reader about early church history.

### examples

- The Council of Nicaea met in an ancient city in Turkey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicaea/#x1)
- Bishops travelled from many lands to Nicaea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicaea/#x2)
- The Nicene Creed is named after Nicaea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicaea/#x3)
- Many churches still say the Nicene Creed on Sundays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicaea/#x4)
- Emperor Constantine called the council at Nicaea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicaea/#x5)
- Nicaea is now a town called İznik. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicaea/#x6)

### note

Proper noun: capital N. Said nye-SEE-uh. Adjective: Nicene (the Nicene Creed). A common myth says the Council of Nicaea chose which books go in the Bible; it did not.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nicaea» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nicaea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.