Word Meanings - CONCORDAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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 VIL and

Additional info about word: CONCORDAT

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 VIL and Bonaparte in 1801. Hook.

Related words: (words related to CONCORDAT)

• COMPACT
  1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton. 3. Closely
• COMPACTIBLE
  That may be compacted.
• ECCLESIASTICALLY
  In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• ANYTHINGARIAN
  One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.
• COMPACTEDLY
  In a compact manner.
• CONCERNEDLY
  In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically.
• GOVERNMENTAL
  Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• GOVERNMENT
  The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil,
• COMPACTNESS
  The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.
• COMPACTION
  The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. Bacon.
• CONCERNING
  Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards. I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Gen. xix. 21. The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Num. x. 29.
• SOVEREIGNIZE
  To exercise supreme authority. Sir T. Herbert.
• CONCERNED
  Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend.
• COMPACTER
  One who makes a compact.
• SOVEREIGNLY
  In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. Chaucer.
• COMPACTEDNESS
  A state of being compact.
• REGULATION
  1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated. The temper and regulation of our own minds. Macaulay. 2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law;
• SOVEREIGN
  soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See Over, Super, and cf. Soprano. The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with 1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to
• UNCONCERNMENT
  The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. South.
• MISGOVERNMENT
  Bad government; want of government. Shak.
• DISCOVENANT
  To dissolve covenant with.
• INCONCERNING
  Unimportant; trifling. "Trifling and inconcerning matters." Fuller.
• HIRE PURCHASE; HIRE PURCHASE AGREEMENT; HIRE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
  A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay
• GO-BETWEEN
  An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense. Shak.
• INCOMPACT; INCOMPACTED
  Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete. Boyle.