concord

Definition

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

Etymology

From French concorde, Latin concordia, from concors (“of the same mind, agreeing”); con- + cor, cordis (“heart”). See heart, and compare accord.

Example Sentences

• "Love-quarrels oft in pleaſing concord end, / Not wedlock-treachery endangering life."
• "the concord made between King Henry II and Roderick O'Connor"
• "The concord or agreement may be made of an estate and fee-simple, fee-tail, or life or for years; it may be also of divers remainders, and that to them that are no parties but strangers to the fine; it may be also single or double, with a render back again of some estate of the same land or some rent out of it; so a concord may have in it reservation of rent, a clause of distress or nomine poenae and a warranty."