Concordat
[kɔn'kɔ:dæt]
Definition
(n.) A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.
(n.) An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte in 1801.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Compact, convention, covenant, agreement, bargain, stipulation, treaty.
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Examples
- This independency of the clergy of France upon the court of Rome seems to be principally founded upon the pragmatic sanction and the concordat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And he worked out a great reconciliation, a Concordat, with Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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