concordat
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9.9
- noun
- /kənˈkɔrdæt/
- Formal
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concordato
- Pacelli was the central figure in the deliberations between the Vatican and Germany, discussions that resulted in the 1933 Concordat between the church and the Nazi regime.
- concordat with the Vatican
- 1933 concordat
- church-state concordat
Examples
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The government signed a new concordat with the Vatican to strengthen their diplomatic relations.
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Historians often study the concordat established in 1933 between the Nazi regime and the Catholic Church.
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Because I don't know if they have a concordat, or what it says.
Blog text (33) -
Where is the responsibility of the Vatican who signed in 1933 the concordat with Hitler, giving him his first tremendous prestige?
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In the same month, El Sistema signed separate concordats with South Korea and the New England Conservatory.
Blog text (28) -
Ratification of the concordat in September 1933 did not imply that the Vatican sympathized with Hitler's regime.
Academic text (1998) -
Pius complained to the king and Mussolini that this represented a violation of the Concordat of the Lateran Accords.
Academic text (1998) -
Although President Rafael Carrera signed a concordat with the Vatican in 1852, relations broke down again following the Liberal triumph in 1871.
Academic text (1994) -
In 1862, the government of the conservative extremist Garcia Moreno, viewed by contemporary critics and recent scholars alike as little short of a theocracy, signed a concordat with the Vatican, extending the Catholic Church even greater privileges than under Spanish rule.
Academic text (2007) -
The peace process was aided by a concordat that outlined the terms for cooperation between the two countries.
Synonyms
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4.1
A written agreement between countries about peace, trade or other relations
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6.0
An official written agreement between countries
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7.2
A formal written agreement between groups such as countries and companies to promise to do something or stop doing something
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6.5
A written promise between groups or nations about what they will and will not do
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8.9
An informal agreement between countries to work together
A friendly agreement between countries to work together
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Etymology
Concordat comes from Latin parts con- 'with' and cor 'heart', the same root as concord 'agreement', which gives the image of 'hearts together'. So a concordat is a formal agreement, often between a church and a government.