concordat
pronunciation
How to pronounce concordat in British English:
UK [kənˈkɔ:dæt]
How to pronounce concordat in American English:
US [kənˈkɔrdæt]
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- Noun:
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
Word Origin
- concordat (n.)
- "agreement between church and state on a mutual matter," 1610s, from French concordat (16c.), from Medieval Latin concordatum, noun use of Latin concordatum, neuter past participle of concordare "to agree," from concors (genitive concordis) "of one mind" (see concord).
Example
- 1. Tibet was for centuries an autonomous concordat between nepal and china .
- 2. European politicians still speak the language of a global concordat to limit the expected rise the planet 's temperature to 2 degrees centigrade . But these solemn pledges are offered in the reassuring knowledge that the us is absolving europe of the obligation to act .
- 3. Respectively this text does the understanding to release to 10 kinds of tiny view risks list in the basle concordat , and study the method of how to identified these risks ;
- 4. The french drew lebanon 's borders so as to bring a large population of mainly sunni muslims under the domination of maronite christians , who were allied with france , spoke french , and had a concordat with the vatican .