Nī'cēne or Nī-cēne', a.

adjective

(Synop., § 130), a. [Lat. Nī-cænus, from Nicea, Gr. Νικαία.] Of, or pertaining to, Nice, a town of Asia Minor.

Nicene creed (Theol.), a summary of Christian faith, composed by the council of Nice, against Arianism, A. D. 325, altered and confirmed by the council of Constantinople, A. D. 381.