\Ni"cene\, a. [L. Nicaenus, fr. Nicaea Nice, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the
ecumenial council held there A. D. 325.
{Nicene Creed}, a summary of Christian faith, composed and
   adopted by the Council of Nice, against Arianism, A. D.
   325, altered and confirmed by the Council of
   Constantinople, A. D. 381, and by subsequent councils.