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Peace   /pis/   Listen
noun
Peace  n.  A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose; specifically:
(a)
Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.
(b)
Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.
(c)
Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience.
(d)
Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord. "The eternal love and pees." Note: Peace is sometimes used as an exclamation in commanding silence, quiet, or order. "Peace! foolish woman."
At peace, in a state of peace.
Breach of the peace. See under Breach.
Justice of the peace. See under Justice.
Peace of God. (Law)
(a)
A term used in wills, indictments, etc., as denoting a state of peace and good conduct.
(b)
(Theol.) The peace of heart which is the gift of God.
Peace offering.
(a)
(Jewish Antiq.) A voluntary offering to God in token of devout homage and of a sense of friendly communion with Him.
(b)
A gift or service offered as satisfaction to an offended person.
Peace officer, a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a polliceman, sheriff or constable.
To hold one's peace, to be silent; to refrain from speaking.
To make one's peace with, to reconcile one with, to plead one's cause with, or to become reconciled with, another. "I will make your peace with him."



verb
Peace  v. t. & v. i.  To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop. (R.) "Peace your tattlings." "When the thunder would not peace at my bidding."






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"Peace" Quotes from Famous Books



... theory. As Rama, the Epic hero armed with sword, club, and arrows, the prototype of Hercules and Mithras, he wrestles like the Hebrew Patriarch with the Powers of Darkness; as Chrishna-Govinda, the Divine Shepherd, he is the Messenger of Peace, overmastering the world by music and love. Under the human form he never ceases to be the Supreme Being. "The foolish" (he says, in Bhagavad Ghita), "unacquainted with my Supreme Nature, despise me in this human form, while men of great minds, enlightened ...
— Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike

... the strongly marked brow, the well-opened calm grey eye, all told the same tale of a mind within well- balanced, thoroughly at peace with itself, and thoroughly contented with its outward manifestations, and with ...
— A Siren • Thomas Adolphus Trollope

... not until several hours afterwards that Hayden was found by another party, and carried home, where he was confined for a fortnight. This was fortunate for Kit and the giant, for he had intended to make a formal complaint before a justice of the peace which might have resulted in the arrest and detention of one or both. But his sprained ankle gave him so much pain that it drove all other thoughts out of his head for ...
— The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus • Horatio Alger Jr.

... course!" said Ethelrida, much relieved. "Then she will get over it in time. And surely Tristram will be able to make her love him, and forget them. I do feel better about it now, Anne, and shall be able to sleep in peace." ...
— The Reason Why • Elinor Glyn

... hell both day and night, but she could not hurt the impassive creature, whose body was impervious to pain. If the husband endeavoured to protect his child, she beat him too, as a reward for his attempts at peace-making. One day the stepmother had again beaten her clay daughter terribly, and threatened to kill her. In her fury she seized the clay image by the throat with both hands, and was going to strangle it, when a black snake glided hissing from the child's ...
— The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country • William Forsell Kirby


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