Meaning of CONCORDANCE
| Pronunciation: | | kân'kordns
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- [n] an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts
- [n] agreement of opinions
- [n] a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
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| | Synonyms: | | concord, concord, harmony, harmony |
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| | See Also: | | accord, agreement, agreement, comity, index, order, peace | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*cord"ance\, n. [F., fr. LL. concordantia.]
1. Agreement; accordance.
Contrasts, and yet concordances. --Carlyle.
2. (Gram.) Concord; agreement. [Obs.] --Aschlam.
3. An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the
text of a book where each principal word may be found,
with its immediate context in each place.
His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might
have been called a living concordance. --Macaulay.
4. A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a
book.
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