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Synonyms for concordance

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-kawr-dns, kuh n-
Phonetic Transcription : kɒnˈkɔr dns, kən-

Définition of concordance

Origin :
  • late 14c., "alphabetical arrangement of all the words in a book" (especially the Bible), from Old French concordance (12c.) "agreement, harmony," from Late Latin concordantia, from concordantem (nominative concordans; see concord). Originally a citation of parallel passages. Literal meaning "fact of agreeing" attested in English from mid-15c.
  • noun agreement
Example sentences :
  • The Concordance was, however, rescued from an untimely fate.
  • Extract from : « Little Gidding and its inmates in the Time of King Charles I. » by J. E. Acland
  • She brought the concordance and found there was no reference to omnipresence.
  • Extract from : « The Right Knock » by Helen Van-Anderson
  • The purchaser gets not only a Concordance, but also a Bible, in this volume.
  • Extract from : « The Testimony of the Rocks » by Hugh Miller
  • It is a concordance to all literature; not of words, but of phrases.
  • Extract from : « China and the Manchus » by Herbert Allen Giles
  • These can readily be hunted out with the help of a concordance.
  • Extract from : « Bright Ideas for Entertaining » by Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott
  • And the concordance is not an ordinary one of words and names.
  • Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
  • He will come back, murmured Chavvy, in concordance with her leitmotif.
  • Extract from : « Twos and Threes » by G. B. Stern
  • What concordance was it that required to be established thus?
  • Extract from : « History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2 » by Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
  • She spent an hour or two going over her Bible and concordance.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • There is a concordance to the plays and fragments by H. Dunbar .
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 » by Various

Antonyms for concordance

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