MEANING
A formal agreement, especially between a state and a religious authority about their relations.
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Words that belong together
- church-state concordat
- sign a concordat
On the page
The concordat defined the church's role in public education.
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- Base
- concordat
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular concordat; plural concordats. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon.
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