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Definition of Irenicon
1. n. A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church.
Definition of Irenicon
1. Noun. A proposition, scheme, or treatise designed to promote peace, especially in the church. ¹
2. Noun. The deacon's litany or great synapte at the beginning of the liturgy of the Orthodox Church. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irenicon
1. a scheme for peace [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irenicon
Literary usage of Irenicon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"The irenicon was published in 1659 and republished in 1662, the year in which
the Act of Uniformity was passed, with the first motto on its title-page, ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"The irenicon was published in 1659 and republished in 1662, the year in which
the Act of Uniformity was passed, with the first motto on its title-page, ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Bib World 46:301-48 O '15 What is !undamental? an irenicon. J: W. Buckham.
Bib World 45:211-15 Ap '15 See also Authority (in religion); Belief; Bible; ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History: Planned by the Late Lord Acton by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, Ernest Alfred Benians (1908)
"The irenicon was published in 1659 and republished in 1662, the year in which
the Act of Uniformity was passed, with the first motto on its title-page, ..."
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