Irenical

Origin

From irenic.

Full definition of irenical

Adjective

1. Peaceful, conciliatory; promoting peace, especially over theological or ecclesiastical disputes.
• 2003: Marvell's irenical moral is the interdependence, if insurmountable quarrelsomeness, of both elements in man's divided nature, rather as in a stormy marriage. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 40)

Derived terms

• irenical theology