Definition of Peacemakings

1. peacemaking [n] - See also: peacemaking

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peacemakings

peacefuller
peacefullest
peacefully
peacefulness
peacefulnesses
peacekeeper
peacekeepers
peacekeeping
peacekeeping mission
peacekeeping operation
peacekeepings
peaceless
peacelessness
peacemakers
peacemaking
peacemakings (current term)
peacemonger
peacemongering
peacemongers
peacenik
peaceniks
peaces
peacetime
peacetimes
peach
peach-leaved willow
peach-wood
peach bell
peach bells
peach blight

Literary usage of Peacemakings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Social England: A Record of the Progress of the People in Religion, Laws by Henry Duff Traill (1894)
"And so, after many preliminary squabbles and peacemakings, followed by open war, a decisive check was given to the royal prerogative by the barons and their ..."

2. A Short History of Italy: (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick (1905)
"It is hardly necessary to say that these emotional peacemakings were soon followed by martial emotions; freed prisoners were hurried back to prison, ..."

3. The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush by George Scott Robertson (1896)
"... the husband originally gave for the woman would probably suffice; but endless squabbles, followed by peacemakings, would have first to be gone through. ..."

4. Women of Florence by Isidoro Del Lungo (1907)
""Here were celebrated all marriages and peacemakings, and every festival and solemnity of the Commune." Cacciaguida lived during what may be termed the ..."

5. History of New Zealand by George William Rusden (1883)
"Te Whiti " cared not to know about the peacemakings at Waikato. I gave up land from Waitotara to ..."

6. The Australian Race: Its Origin, Languages, Customs, Place of Landing in by Edward Micklethwaite Curr (1886)
"Between tribes so situated there is a constant succession of disagreements, fights, and peacemakings. Each in secret has recourse to witchcraft against the ..."

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