SECOND COUNCIL OF NICAEA

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Meaning:

The seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images

Synonyms:

Nicaea; Second Council of Nicaea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Second Council of Nicaea" is a kind of...):

ecumenical council ((early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline)

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