Definition of Peace-loving

1. Adjective. Inclined or disposed to peace. "Peace-loving citizens"

Exact synonyms: Peaceable
Similar to: Peaceable, Peaceful
Derivative terms: Peaceableness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peace-loving

pea pod
pea pods
pea shooter
pea soup
pea tree
pea weevil
peaberries
peaberry
peabird
peabody bird
peabrain
peabrains
peacable
peacably
peace
peace-loving (current term)
peace advocacy
peace and quiet
peace bond
peace dividend
peace dividends
peace for our time
peace in our time
peace initiative
peace lily
peace march
peace of mind
peace offering
peace officer
peace out

Literary usage of Peace-loving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1902)
"I do not intend to be a warlike, but a peace-loving Pope."f He certainly had no sympathy for the Borgia family, especially for Caesar, and he found that the ..."

2. Twenty Years Among the Mexicans: A Narrative of Missionary Labor by Melinda Rankin (1875)
"... obtaining soldiers—Bible-readers sought after—Colporteur work greatly hindered—Peace- loving Mexicans—Mexicans supplied with arms—Battles fought—Troops ..."

3. Japan to America: A Symposium of Papers by Political Leaders and by Japan Society (New York, N.Y.) (1915)
"... TO THE peace-loving AMERICANS YUKIO OZAKI [Hon. Yukio Ozaki, ex-Mayor of Tokyo, MP; born Dec., 1859; studied at Keio and then at ..."

4. A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries by John Crawfurd (1856)
"The Achinese prince in question was the correspondent of our King James the First, and his letter in reply to the peace-loving monarch's epistle is to be ..."

5. Social Heredity and Social Evolution: The Other Side of Eugenics by Herbert William Conn (1914)
"NATURAL SELECTION AS AFFECTING peace-loving RACES To-day, in all civilized communities, sufficient food is produced for all, leaving out of account such ..."

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