Definition of "irenic" [i•ren•ic]

• Promoting peace; conciliatory. (adjective)

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• "During one episode of "Firing Line," Buckley used the word "irenic," provoking his seething guest to demand why he didn't just say "peaceful.""
• "To call the BioLogos Foundation "irenic" is far too charitable."
• "I will say one thing in passing, however, by way of addressing several specific points (your use of the term "irenic", etc.): you frequently complain that I have either misrepresented what you have written or have drawn the wrong implications from it."