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Irenic

Irenic \I*ren"ic\, Irenical \I*ren"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.] Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful.
--Bp. Hall.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
irenic

1864; see eirenic.

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irenic

a. (context chiefly theology English) Promoting or fitted to promote peace; conciliatory, non-confrontational; peaceful.

WordNet
irenic

adj. conducive to peace; "irenic without being namby-pamby"; "an irenic attitude toward former antagonists"

Usage examples of "irenic".

His visage was irenic, formed in a mold of habitual beatitude or boredom, as if he knew from experience that nothing in life could ruffle his composure.

The arras was tattered around the edges, and had a carefully repaired rent down its center halfway through the striving, irenic figure of Berek Halfhand.