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Meaning of "irenics" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IRENICS

aɪˈriːnɪks


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRENICS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Irenics is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IRENICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of irenics in the English dictionary

The definition of irenics in the dictionary is that branch of theology that is concerned with unity between Christian sects and denominations.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRENICS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRENICS

ire · Ire. · ireful · irefully · irefulness · Ireland · ireless · Irene · irenic · irenical · irenically · irenicism · irenicon · irenology · Ireton · Irian Barat · Irian Jaya · irid · iridaceous · iridal

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRENICS

animatronics · autogenics · biomechanics · cacogenics · calisthenics · callisthenics · consumer electronics · cryogenics · dysgenics · eugenics · euthenics · fluid mechanics · harmonics · mechatronics · microelectronics · quantum electronics · quantum mechanics · sonics · tectonics · transgenics

Synonyms and antonyms of irenics in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «irenics» into 25 languages

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irenics
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irenismo
570 millions of speakers
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irenics
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irenics
380 millions of speakers
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irenics
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irenics
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irenics
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irenics
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irénisme
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Irenik
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Irenik
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irenics
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irenics
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Irene
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irenics
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irenics
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र्यिनिक्स
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irenics
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irenismo
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irenics
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irenics
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irenics
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irenics
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRENICS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about irenics

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRENICS»

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Irenics: A Series of Essays (1883)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
James Strong, 2010
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Irenics and Polemics: With Sundry Essays in Church History
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Leonard Woolsey Bacon, 2012
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Irenics and Polemics: With Sundry Essays in Church History
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Bacon Leonard Woolsey 1830-1907, HardPress, 2013
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After Modernity-- What?: Agenda for Theology
The sister discipline that once neatly complemented and toned down polemics was irenics, from the lovely Creek word for peaceful, eirenikos. While polemics tried to mark out the borders of Christianity, irenics talked about the conditions for  ...
Thomas C. Oden, 1992
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Irenics; a Series of Essays Showing the Virtual Agreement ...
Subtitle: A Series of Essays Showing the Virtual Agreement Between: I. Science and the Bible.
James Strong, 2009
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Standard Texts on the Social Market Economy: Two Centuries ...
Chapter. III. The. Interdependence. of. the. Various. Systems. Social. Irenics. Alfred. Miiller-Armack. 1950. The Possibility of Establishing a Social Concept embracing different Creeds and Ideologies If at some time in the future an attempt were ...
Horst Friedrich Wünsche, 1982
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The Tomb of Jesus and His Family?: Exploring Ancient Jewish ...
Polemics,. Irenics,. and. the. Science. of. Biblical. Research. James H. Charlesworth The Jerusalem symposium, whose proceedings are now published , focused on ancient Jewish tombs and burial practices in Judea and Galilee. Our attention ...
James H. Charlesworth, 2013
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Scientists as Prophets: A Rhetorical Genealogy
Irenics": Prophetic. Dialogue. with. the. Oracles. of. Science. “Who Speaks for Earth?" the final episode of Cosmos, is also its most stridently prophetic. It opens with starry space and a voice-over of Sagan reading Deuteronomy 30:15, in which ...
Lynda Walsh, 2013
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Rembrandt's Faith: Church and Temple in the Dutch Golden Age
Collegiants,. Irenics,. Millenarians. Another major dispute, known as the Lammerenkrijg (The War of the Lambs), broke out among the Mennonites in the second half of the seventeenth century. The Mennonite leader of the Flemish Lamists, ...
Shelley Perlove
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Church Quarterly Review
Some of the older writers distinguish between ' Irenics ' and ' Henotics.' ' Irenics ' is a plural of irenic, an adjective from the Greek elpriviKOf, peaceful, pacific. ' Henotics ' is a plural of henotic, from the Greek ivanKos, serving to unite, unifying.
‎1912

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRENICS»

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A Thicker Kind of Mere
... with Karl Barth, that one cannot have dogmatics without polemics, but he would have likely added that the other side of polemics is irenics. «First Things, May 15»
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"Sacramentum Caritatis" and Liturgical Beauty
... these other priorities such as ecumenism or reaching out to Islam will be shallow and hollow affairs based on false irenics and empty rhetoric. «Zenit News Agency, Mar 07»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Irenics [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/irenics>. May 2024 ».
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