Find the word definition

Usage examples of "nicaean".

Paphnutius alone did not drink, because Constantine had persecuted the Nicaean faith, and because the country of the Christian is not of this world.

He existed before He was begotten, we must leave that absurdity to the Nicaean mules, and the obstinate ass who too long governed the Church of Alexandria under the accursed name of Athanasius.

Pious minds amplified and transformed them, and it was stated that Paphnutius, from the top of his pillar, had converted the Prefect of the Fleet to the faith of the apostles and the Nicaean fathers.

Even Henry of England did not possess a Nicaean, but had to make do with Spanish stock.

Accustomed to riding a spirited Nicaean stallion, he was now trying to adjust to a small grey donkey.

The latter was astride his black Nicaean destrier with his flame-haired sons at either side.