Irenics
[ahy-ren-iks, ahy-ree-niks] /aɪˈrɛn ɪks, aɪˈri nɪks/
noun, (used with a singular verb)
1.
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare (def 2).
/aɪˈriːnɪks; -ˈrɛn-/
noun
1.
(functioning as sing) that branch of theology that is concerned with unity between Christian sects and denominations
Read Also:
- Ires
[ahyuh r] /aɪər/ noun 1. intense anger; wrath. /aɪə/ noun 1. (literary) anger; wrath n. c.1300, from Old French ire “anger, wrath, violence” (11c.), from Latin ira “anger, wrath, rage, passion,” from PIE root *eis-, forming various words denoting “passion” cf. Greek hieros “filled with the divine, holy,” oistros “gadfly,” originally “thing causing madness;” Sanskrit […]
- Iret
Return from interrupt
- Ireton
/ˈaɪətən/ noun 1. Henry. 1611–51, English Parliamentarian general in the Civil War; son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. His plan for a constitutional monarchy was rejected by Charles I (1647), whose death warrant he signed; lord deputy of Ireland (1650–51)
- Irg
interrecord gap
- Ir-gene
[ahy-ahr] /ˈaɪˈɑr/ noun, Immunology. 1. a gene controlling the magnitude of the immune response to a particular antigen.