Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the character of an irenicon; conciliatory; irenic: as, irenical theology.
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- adjective
Peaceful ,conciliatory ; promoting peace, especially over theological or ecclesiastical disputes.
Etymologies
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From irenic.
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Examples
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To this end various irenical and compromising books were written in the name of the apostles and their helpers.
Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Washington Gladden 1877
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Those remarks, we would fain make in a humble way irenical.
What is Darwinism? Charles Hodge 1837
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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.
The Ochlophobist 2009
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