Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A proposition, scheme, or treatise designed to promote peace, especially in the church.
- noun plural The deacon's litany (diaconica) or great synapte at the beginning of the liturgy of the Greek Church: named from the petitions “In peace let us pray of the Lord … For the peace from above … For the peace of the whole world … let us pray, etc.” (response “Kyrie eleison”), with which it opens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church.
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deacon 'slitany or great synapte at the beginning of theliturgy of theOrthodox Church .
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Examples
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Then, training up a band of disciples, he sent them forth proclaiming the new irenicon.
The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885
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The opinions frankly expressed as to theology, metaphysics, and many established orthodoxies; its conclusion, glowing in every page, that metaphysics, as Danton said of the Revolution, was devouring its own children, and led to self-annihilation; its proclamation of Comte as the legitimate issue of all previous philosophy and positive philosophy as its ultimate _irenicon_ -- all this, one might think, would have condemned such a book from its birth.
George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy George Willis Cooke 1885
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As it was, it remained the half - uttered _irenicon_ of a few speculative spirits.
The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864
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Oh! that God would in His providence hasten the time when some irenicon may be found, and it can be truly said of our country,
Tupelo John Hill 1862
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As it was, it remained the half - uttered irenicon of a few speculative spirits.
The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859
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The opinions frankly expressed as to theology, metaphysics, and many established orthodoxies; its conclusion, glowing in every page, that metaphysics, as Danton said of the Revolution, was devouring its own children, and led to self-annihilation; its proclamation of Comte as the legitimate issue of all previous philosophy and positive philosophy as its ultimate irenicon ” all this, one might think, would have condemned such a book from its birth.
George Eliot; A Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philosophy Cooke, George W 1884
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