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irenic \eye-REN-ik; -REE-nik\, adjective: Tending to promote peace; conciliatory. With an irenic spirit they join the debate, at times ugly and vicious, about the historicity of the Bible (by which they mean the Hebrew Scriptures, also known as the Old Testament). -- Phyllis Trible, "God's... Sign in to see full entry.