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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)
- 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