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Concordat
//kənˈkɔːdæt// noun
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Noun
- 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."
- 2 a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action wordnet
Etymology
From French concordat, from Latin concordatum.
See also for "concordat"
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