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Webster 1913 Edition


Irenical

{

I-ren′ic

,

I-ren′ic-al

, }
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK].]
Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful.
Bp. Hall.

Definition 2024


irenical

irenical

English

Adjective

irenical (comparative more irenical, superlative most irenical)

  1. Peaceful, conciliatory; promoting peace, especially over theological or ecclesiastical disputes.
    • 2003: [Andrew Marvell's] irenical moral is the interdependence, if insurmountable quarrelsomeness, of both elements in man's divided nature, rather as in a stormy marriage. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 40)

Derived terms

  • irenical theology

Translations

References

  • irenical in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911