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Definition of Concordat
1. Noun. A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action.
Generic synonyms: Written Agreement
Specialized synonyms: Lateran Treaty
Derivative terms: Covenant
Definition of Concordat
1. n. A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.
Definition of Concordat
1. Noun. A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Concordat
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concordat
Literary usage of Concordat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Willelmi Rishanger, quondam monachi S. Albani, et quorundam anonymorum by William Rishanger (1865)
"... etc., concordat. Abbas de Dubing', qui fuit positus loco Episcopi Candidas Cassa,
... concordat Abbas de ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"Finally the repeal of the concordat was recommended; " for in order to save France
... The concordat was assumed to have been extorted and was to be revised ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The concordat of 1817 between Pope Pius VII. and King Louis XVIII. of France ...
An attempt was made after the Restoration to repeal the concordat of 1801 ..."
4. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"Spain was governed by a concordat passed March 16, 1851, according to which ...
That concordat changed the boundaries of dioceses, regulated the affairs of ..."
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