concordance

/kənˈkɔːdəns/

UK: /kənˈkɔːdəns/

concordance

English Noun
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Definition

Agreement; accordance; consonance.

Etymology

From Old French concordance, from Late Latin concordantia.

Example Sentences

  • "John Sterling at Herstmonceux that afternoon, and his Father here in London, would have offered strange contrasts to an eye that had seen them both. Contrasts, and yet concordances."
  • "c. 1857, Thomas Macaulay, "Paul Bunyan", contribution to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance."
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