Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of the character of an irenicon; conciliatory; irenic: as, irenical theology.
Wiktionary
- adj. Peaceful, conciliatory; promoting peace, especially over theological or ecclesiastical disputes.
Etymologies
- From irenic. (Wiktionary)
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“To this end various irenical and compromising books were written in the name of the apostles and their helpers.”
“Those remarks, we would fain make in a humble way irenical.”
“The reviews could be descriptive or interactive, polemical or irenical, or, heck, you could write a song about theosis and sing it on youtube or some such thing - reviewer's choice with regard to rhetorical form, length, etc.”
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