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irenical, a.|aɪˈrɛnɪkəl, aɪˈriːnɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1. As to pronunciation, see prec.]
Peaceful; pacific; tending to promote peace, esp. in relation to theological or ecclesiastical differences.
1660Pref. Bp. Hall's Rem. b, How meek his temper was, his many irenical tracts do shew. 1845J. Mackie Life Leibnitz 153 To these irenical negotiations an end was suddenly put..by the decease of the Duke of Hanover. 1876Fairbairn Strauss ii. in Contemp. Rev. June 125 Ullmann, a theologian, modern, irenical, anxious to give to reason the things that are reason's, to faith the things that are faith's. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 357 The method which St. John adopts is not polemical but irenical.
Hence iˈrenically adv., in the spirit of peace.
1895Chicago Advance 31 Oct. 619/1 On the..conflicts between religion and science..Prof. N. S. Shaler..writes irenically and suggestively. |