Concordat

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Concordat \Con*cor"dat\, n. [F. concordat, L. concordato, prop.
     p. p. of concordare. See {Concord}.]
     1. A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.
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     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  concordat
       n : a signed written agreement between two or more parties
           (nations) to perform some action [syn: {covenant}, {compact}]