irenicon

English

Alternative forms

• eirenicon
• eirenikon
• eirēnikon
• irênicon
• irenicum
• irênicum

Noun

irenicon (plural irenicons)

1. A proposition, scheme, or treatise designed to promote peace, especially in the church.
2. The deacon's litany or great synapte at the beginning of the liturgy of the Orthodox Church.

Related terms

• irenic

References

• “irenicon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “irenicon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.