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concordat
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action [syn: covenant , compact ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A concordat is convention between the Holy See and a sovereign state that defines the relationship between the Catholic Church and the state in matters that concern both, i.e. the recognition and privileges of the Catholic Church in a particular country ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"agreement between church and state on a mutual matter," 1610s, from French concordat (16c.), from Medieval Latin concordatum , noun use of Latin concordatum , neuter past participle of concordare "to agree," from concors (genitive concordis ) "of one mind" ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Concordat \Con*cor"dat\, n. [F. concordat, L. concordato, prop. p. p. of concordare. See Concord .] A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything. An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.
Usage examples of concordat.
After Te Deum had been chanted at Malmaison for the Concordat and the peace, I took advantage of that moment of general joy to propose to Bonaparte the return of the whole body of emigrants.
Pornography and money enjoy a dose concordat, and you have to pay your union dues.
Republic the papers relating to that Concordat which secured so great a measure of freedom for our press.
I am proud that it was my privilege to transcribe for the records of the Republic the papers relating to that Concordat which secured so great a measure of freedom for our press.
All the masses of the great work-civil code, university, Concordat, prefectoral and centralized administration-all the details of its arrangement and distribution of places, tend to one general effect, which is the omnipotence of the State, the omnipresence of the government, the abolition of local and private initiative, the suppression of voluntary free association, the gradual dispersion of small spontaneous groupings, the preventive ban of prolonged hereditary works, the extinction of sentiments by which the individual lives beyond himself in the past or in the future.
You and I are presumably protected from such incursions—at least any your Concordat Kinsmen could anticipate.
In those days the Kinsmen had actively recruited telepaths throughout the Concordat, and he had been among their most promising students.