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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.]

Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held

a. d.

325;

as,

antenicene

faith

Adj.

[ante, before, and Nicene, from Nice.]

Anterior to the first council of Nice; as antenicene faith.

See also: ante-Nicene

antenicene ‎(not comparable)