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concordat|kənˈkɔːdæt|
Also 7–8 -date.
[a. F. concordat (16th c. in Littré), ad. L. concordātum: see below, and -ate1 1.]
An agreement, a compact; now, an agreement between church and state, esp. between the Roman See and a secular government relative to matters that concern both; but, formerly, also applied a. in canon law to a compact between ecclesiastical personages, and b. sometimes to agreements between secular persons.
1616Brent tr. Sarpi's Hist. Counc. Trent (1676) 657 He condemned the Concordate; said that the distribution of the Benefices of the Kingdom..was divided between Pope Leo and King Francis, etc. 1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2315/7 Contrary to the Agreement settled between Pope Leo X. and Francis I. by an Instrument called the Concordat. 1802Chron. in Ann. Reg. 389/1 The terms upon which Bonaparte has agreed with Pope Pius VII. that the Roman Catholic religion shall be that protected and acknowledged by the State in France is just published and known by the name of the Concordat. 1863Q. Rev. CXIV. 579 That concordat between the Church Catholic and this realm, which we commonly designate as the Established Church.
transf.1885Manch. Exam. 12 Oct. 5/2 A possibly successful concordat between a Tory Democrat Government and the party of Irish Nationalists.
a.1657J. Cosin Canon Script. vii. 120 Having undertaken to make a Concordate between the Decrees of Councils and Popes together. 1662Jesuits' Reasons (1675) 123 The Canons and Concordates with the Pope have been out of use a hundred years. 1696Phillips, Concordat, an Agreement made in all manner of Ecclesiastical Matters, more especially upon Resignation or Exchange of Benefices.
b.1683Apol. Prot. France vi. 84 There was at the same time a Concordat passed between the Duke of Guise, the Duke of Montmorency, and the Marshal de St. Andrew, which was called the Triumvirate. 1781tr. Justamond's Priv. Life Lewis XV, IV. 2 Clandestine arrangements between officers, known by the name of Concordat, by which..the promotions in the army were often put up to auction.
fig.1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi Wind. 118 Let them all repent, And make concordats 'twixt their soul and mouth. |