Usually means: Promoting peace; conciliatory in nature.
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  1. irenic: Merriam-Webster
  2. irenic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. irenic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. irenic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. irenic: Vocabulary.com
  6. irenic: Wordnik
  7. irenic: Wiktionary
  8. irenic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. irenic: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Irenic, irenic: Dictionary.com
  11. irenic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Irenic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Irenic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. irenic: Rhymezone
  15. Irenic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. irenic: FreeDictionary.org
  17. irenic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. irenic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. irenic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. IRENIC: Acronym Finder
  2. irenic: A Word A Day
  3. irenic: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (irenic)

adjective:  (chiefly theology) Promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.

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