| | Definition: | | \Con*cor"dat\, n. [F. concordat, L. concordato, prop.
p. p. of concordare. See {Concord}.]
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 VII and Bonaparte in 1801. --Hook.
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