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concordat

/kənˈkɔːdæt/

concordat noun: a formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.

Noun

concordat (plural concordats)

  1. A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.
    • That eminent and independant statesman, Count Louis of Medicis, concluded a concordat with cardinal Gonsalvi, at Terracina, on the 16th February, 1816, probably the most humiliating instrument to which the Roman court has been forced to submit since the fall of the Bonapartes.1820, Theodore Lyman, The Political State of Italy
    • The Concordat of the See of Rome with King Diniz is the most interesting ecclesiastical epoch […].1846, William Scott, The Christian Remembrancer

concordat meaning in Indonesian

concordat in Indonesian

agreement
konkordat

Examples of concordat in a sentence

  • Later, he also promoted a significant degree of reconciliation between the Austrian social democratic movement and the Roman Catholic Church through the negotiation of the 1960 Concordat.2000, Bruno Kreisky, Matthew Paul Berg, The Struggle for a Democratic Austria: Bruno Kreisky on Peace and Social Justice, page 486:
  • French ambassadors are expected, to set the seal on his concordat.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 116:

Forms of concordat

pluralconcordats

Origin of concordat

From French concordat, from Latin concordatum.

Questions about concordat

What does concordat mean?
Concordat means a formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.
What is concordat in Indonesian?
Concordat in Indonesian is konkordat. See Concordat meaning in Indonesian.
How do you use concordat in a sentence?
Later, he also promoted a significant degree of reconciliation between the Austrian social democratic movement and the Roman Catholic Church through the negotiation of the 1960 Concordat.
What part of speech is concordat?
Concordat is a noun.
How do you pronounce concordat?
Concordat is pronounced /kənˈkɔːdæt/ (UK).
What is the plural of concordat?
The plural of concordat is concordats.

Words near concordat in the dictionary

  1. concordancing
  2. concordancy
  3. concordant
  4. concordantial
  5. concordantly
  6. concordat
  7. concordatory
  8. concordats
  9. concordaunce
  10. concordaunces
  11. concordaunt

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