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.

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