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Niceno-

Niceno- prefix: nicene.

Prefix

Niceno-

  1. Nicene.
    • The principal Arian nations were the Burgundians, the Visigoths, and the Lombards; and each in turn, after a severe struggle, abandoned the form of Christianity in which they had been instructed for the Niceno-Roman faith.1908, F[rederick] J[ohn] Foakes-Jackson, “Arianism”, in James Hastings, editor, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, volume I (A–Art), Edinburgh: T[homas] & T[homas] Clark, […]; New York: Charles...
    • The Church, according to the Niceno-Byzantine Creed, is One, Holy, Universal (Catholic), and Apostolic.1917, H[enry] M[artin] B[eckwith] Reid, “Thomas Smeaton (1536–1583)”, in The Divinity Principals in the University of Glasgow, 1545–1654, Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, publishers to the...

Origin of Niceno-

From Nicene + -o-.

Questions about Niceno-

What does Niceno- mean?
Niceno- means nicene.
What part of speech is Niceno-?
Niceno- is a prefix.

Words near Niceno- in the dictionary

  1. Nicenians
  2. nicening
  3. nicening up
  4. Nicenist
  5. Nicenists
  6. Niceno-
  7. Niceno-Constantinopolitan
  8. Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
  9. nicens
  10. nicens up
  11. Nicephorus

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