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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.

2. (superl.) of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.

3. (superl.) Over scrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.

4. (superl.) Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.

5. (superl.) Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.

6. (superl.) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

7. (superl.) Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.

Greek

2866. kompsoteron -- well-dressed
... better. Neuter comparative of a derivative of the base of komizo (meaning, properly,
well dressed, ie Nice); figuratively, convalescent -- + began to amend. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2899b. tobah -- welfare, benefit, good things, good
... 1), enjoy* (2), favorably disposed (1), good (34), good deeds (1), good thing (2),
good things (3), goodness (5), happiness (1), kindly (2), nice things (1 ...
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Library

The Canons of the 318 Holy Fathers Assembled in the City of Nice ...
... The Canons of the 318 Holy Fathers Assembled in the City of Nice, in Bithynia.
Canon I. If any one in sickness has been subjected ...
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The Decree of the Holy, Great, Ecumenical Synod, the Second of ...
... The Sixth Ecumenical Council. The Decree of the Holy, Great, Ecumenical Synod, the
Second of Nice. (Found in Labbe and Cossart, Concilia. Tom. VII., col.552.) ...
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Eusebius and Theognis who at the Council of Nice had Assented to ...
... Book II. Chapter XVI."Eusebius and Theognis who at the Council of Nice had
assented to the Writings of Arius restored to their own Sees. ...
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The Faith of the Three Hundred and Eighteen Fathers Assembled at ...
... Canon I. The Faith of the Three Hundred and Eighteen Fathers assembled
at Nice in Bithynia shall� The Faith of the Three Hundred ...
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The First Ecumenical Council. The First Council of Nice.
... The First Ecumenical Council. The First Council of Nice. ad325. Emperor."
Constantine. Pope."Silvester. Elenchus. Historical Introduction. ...
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The Holy Creed which the 150 Holy Fathers Set Forth, which is ...
... in Syria. The Holy Creed Which the 150 Holy Fathers Set Forth, Which is
Consonant with the Holy and Great Synod of Nice . (Found ...
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The Captions of the Arabic Canons Attributed to the Council of ...
... The Captions of the Arabic Canons Attributed to the Council of Nice. Canon I. [109]
Insane persons and energumens should not be ordained. Canon II. ...
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The Canons of the Holy Fathers Assembled at Gangra, which were Set ...
... Ecumenical Synods. The Canons of the Holy Fathers Assembled at Gangra, Which
Were Set Forth After the Council of Nice . Canon I. If ...
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The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice.
... The Sixth Ecumenical Council. The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council
of Nice. ad787. Emperors."Constantine VI. and Irene. Pope."Hadrian. ...
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Excursus on the Number of the Nicene Canons.
... In this letter is contained the marvellous assertion that the Council of Nice at
first adopted forty canons, which were in Greek, that it subsequently added ...
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Thesaurus

Nice (1 Occurrence)
... 5. (superl.) Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing
accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or ...
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Delicate (32 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a
nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate ...
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Exquisite
... 1. (a.) Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing
quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction ...
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Delicacy (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (a.) Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling;
refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense ...
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Nicodemus (5 Occurrences)

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Nica'nor (1 Occurrence)
Nica'nor. Nicanor, Nica'nor. Nice . Multi-Version Concordance Nica'nor
(1 Occurrence). ... Nicanor, Nica'nor. Nice . Reference Bible.
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Jump (3 Occurrences)
... 16. (n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. 17.
(a.) Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. 18. (adv.) Exactly; pat. ...
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Fine (184 Occurrences)
... overdecorated; showy. 3. (superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful;
skillful; dexterous. 4. (superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy. 5 ...
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Fair (147 Occurrences)
... Revised Version (British and American) "goodly"), and means literally, town bred
(as opposed to boorish), polite, polished in manners, urbane, then nice, pretty ...
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Feat (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) To form; to fashion. 4. (n.) Dexterous in movements or service; skillful;
neat; nice; pretty. Multi-Version Concordance Feat (1 Occurrence). ...
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Bible Concordance

Nice (1 Occurrence)

Jeremiah 12:6 For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don't believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
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Subtopics

Nice

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Jump (3 Occurrences)

Fine (184 Occurrences)

Fair (147 Occurrences)

Feat (1 Occurrence)