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Webster 1913 Edition


Concordat

Con-cor′dat

,
Noun.
[F.
concordat
, L.
concordato
, prop. p. p. of
concordare
. See
Concord
.]
1.
A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.
2.
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
.
Hook.

Webster 1828 Edition


Concordat

CONCORDAT

,
Noun.
In the canon law, a compact, covenant, or agreement concerning some beneficiary matter, as a resignation, permutation, promotion and the like. In particular, an agreement made by a prince with the Pope relative to the collation of benefices; such as that between the Emperor Frederic III., the German princes, and the Popes legate, A.D. 1448.

Definition 2024


concordât

concordât

See also: concordat

French

Verb

concordât

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of concorder