Nicene

[ nahy-seen, nahy-seen ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Nicaea.

Nicene

/ ˈnaɪsiːn; naɪˈsiːən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Nicaea, an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, or its inhabitants

Other Words From

• non-Ni·cene adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nicene¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin Nīcēnus, variant of Nīcaenus < Greek Nīkaîos ( Nī́kai ( a ) Nicaea + -os adj. suffix), with -n- from Latin adj. suffix -ānus -an

Example Sentences

Faculty members hired by Calvin University must sign a document saying their beliefs align with a set of historical Christian creeds and confessions, such as the Nicene Creed and the Heidelberg Catechism.

From Washington Post

Group members affirm the Nicene Creed, a Christian statement of belief recited weekly in Catholic and many Protestant churches.

From New York Times

The title is a phrase from the Nicene Creed, a declaration of Christian belief that has been a staple of orthodox liturgy since the fourth century.

From Los Angeles Times

They have an intimation that the world is made up, in the words of the Nicene Creed, of both the “seen and unseen.”

From Washington Post

By Gray’s account, they ignore polytheism and animism almost entirely, while insisting on reading verses of Genesis or lines of the Nicene Creed as if they were primitive scientific theories.

From The New Yorker