eirenicon
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of eirenicon
C19: from Greek, from eirēnikos of or concerning peace, from eirēnē peace
Example Sentences
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No human /eirenicon/ can bridge the gulf of separation.
From Five Sermons by Whipple, H. B.
That formula will not bear analysis, and the emperor's attempt to use it as an eirenicon was a complete failure.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)
This is the eirenicon of that old strife between the women and the men—that war in which both armies are captured.
From Alfred Tennyson by Lang, Andrew
Hence the Covenant, by being inserted in the Peace Treaty, necessarily lost its value as an eirenicon, and became subsequent to that instrument, and seems likely to be used as an anti-German safeguard.
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph
He rushed out of the room, and the banging door cut short Mr. Legion's eirenicon.
From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)
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