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{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; peaceful, fr. &unr_; peace. ] A proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods of securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among the churches; -- called also Irenical theology. Schaff-Herzog. [ 1913 Webster ]