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

  • 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

  • Those remarks, we would fain make in a humble way irenical.

    What is Darwinism? Charles Hodge 1837

  • 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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