The Collaborative International Dictionary
Irenicon \I*ren"i*con\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? peaceful, fr. ?
peace.]
A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the
church.
--South.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 A proposition, scheme, or treatise designed to promote peace, especially in the church. 2 The deacon's litany or great synapte at the beginning of the liturgy of the Orthodox Church. n. 1 A proposition, scheme, or treatise designed to promote peace, especially in the church. 2 The deacon's litany or great synapte at the beginning of the liturgy of the Orthodox Church.
Usage examples of "irenicon".
This is the heart of the new Bible as an irenicon, an organism that absorbed and integrated difference, that included ambiguity and by doing so established peace.
If it was to play its role as the national irenicon, it had to bridge the categories of rich and clear.