Definitions | irenical |
| adjective
- peaceful, Peaceful, conciliatory; promoting peace, especially over theological or ecclesiastical disputes.
- 2003: Andrew Marvell's 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)
Translations: Etymology: From irenic.
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