eirenicon
Britishnoun
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Origin of eirenicon
C19: from Greek, from eirēnikos of or concerning peace, from eirēnē peace
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In October 1534, however, Helgesen issued an eirenicon in which he attempted to reconcile the two contending confessions.
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Thus the Epistle is an eirenicon.
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This was an ingenious eirenicon, but it does not seem to satisfy all the philosophers, those namely who feel that intuitions—both intellectual and moral—have a validity, universality, and compelling necessity which cannot be accounted for if they are simply the outcome of race-experience.
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Eirenicon, ī-rē′ni-kon, n. a proposal calculated to promote peace.—adj.
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He rushed out of the room, and the banging door cut short Mr. Legion's eirenicon.
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