concord 
3. In music: (ft) Tho HimultaneoiiH combina- 
tion of tones that are in tune or in harmony 
with each other: opposed to dimrd. 
Tin- true concord of well-tuned Bounds. 
Shale., Sonnets, viil. 
(6) Specifically, a simultaneous combination 
of two or more tones, which has a final and 
satisfactory cll'cct when taken alone, without 
preparation or resolution. concords of two i 
(also ealhil ooruonanea) u& cither ITI-I ..r i,,, ; 
prii.-ri niiir.ir.ls iurlu.le j.iimcs fourths, fifths, and oc- 
taves, uil.l imperfect inrlii.tr major fui.l uiiiMT thirds and 
major and minor sixths, Concords of more tliiin two 
tones contain only the atMive interval* between every 
pair of their eonstitu. -nt tones; hut the triad, r. insisting 
of the lid, 4th, anil 7th of the scale when the 2.1 is in the 
lowest voice, is ranked as a coneord, notwithstanding the 
dissonance between the 4th and 7th. (s. . ti'in'l. and r,,m 
ru'in i-lii;l, under i-liunl, 4.) Conrorili of two tones are 
acoustically distinguished from discords hy the simplicity 
of the ratios hetween the vibration-numbers of the tones: 
thus, the ratios of the above concords tire [, \, i, ?, f , |, S, 
and S respectively. (See interval and ronnonance.) 
At niusickr's sacred soiimle my fanale* eft begonnc 
In concordat, discordes, notes, and cllffes, in tunes of uni- 
Sollllr. ' I nil of Fetters. 
4. A compact; an agreement by stipulation; 
a treaty. [Archaic.] 
The concord made hetween Henry and Roderick the 
Irish kin". Sir ./. Daciti, State of Ireland. 
He now openly proclaimed that he had no intention of 
abiding hy the concord of Salamanca. 
I'mmtt, lerd. and Isa., ii. 17. 
6. In Eng. law, an agreement bet ween the parties 
in a fine ; made by leave of the court, prior to 
the abolition of that mode of conveyance, it was 
an acknowledgment from the deforciants that the land in 
question was the right of the complainant. 
6. In gram., agreement of words in construc- 
tion, as adjectives with nouns in gender, num- 
ber, and case, or verbs with nouns or pronouns 
in number and person Book of Concord, the 
fundamental sym!>ol of the Lutheran Church, containing 
the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds, the Augs- 
burg Confession, the Apology for the Augsburg Confession, 
the Schmalkald Articles, the two catechismsof Luther,and 
the r'nriniihi of Concord. It appeared in 1580. Formula 
or Form of Concord, one of the symbolical books of the 
Lutheran Church, drawn up at Torgau in 1577 as a final 
statement of its doctrines on controverted points, and 
adopted hy many German states, 
concordt (kon-k&rd'), r. [< ME. concordat, < 
OF. coitcorder, F. concorder = Pr. Sp. Pg. con- 
cordar = It. concordare, < L. concordare, be of 
one mind, agree, < cocor(d-)s, agreeing: see 
concord, n., and cf. accord, record, v.~\ I. in- 
trans. To agree ; cooperate. 
Friends and associates ready to concord with them in 
any desperate measure. Clarendon, Life, II. 190. 
H. trans. To reconcile ; bring into harmony. 
But vndcrstanding that it was concordtd and concluded, 
he forthwith retourned to the sayde place of Amphlpolis. 
Nicollt, tr. of Thucydldes, fol. 132. 
He lived and died with general councils in his pate, with 
windmills of union to concord Rome and England, Eng- 
land and Koine, Germany with them both. 
Bp. llacket, Abp. Williams, I. 102. 
concordablet (kon-k6r'da-bl), a. [< ME. con- 
cordnblc, < OF. concordable = Sp. concordable = 
Pg. concordavel, < LL. concordabilis, agreeing. 
< L. concordare, agree: see concord, v., and 
-a I ilf.} Capable of according; agreeing; cor- 
responding. 
For in cronike of time ago 
I fynde a tale concordable. 
Gowtr, Conf. Amant, II. 
COncordablyt (kon-kdr'da-bli), adv. With con- 
cord or agreement ; accordantly. 
That religion which they do both concordably teach. 
T. Royerx, On the Thirty-nine Articles. 
concordance (kon-kdr'dans), n. [< ME. con- 
cordaunce, < OF" concordance, P. concordance = 
Sp. Pg. concordancia = It. concordanza, < ML. 
concordantia, < L. concordat! (t-)s, ppr. of con- 
cordare, agree: see concordant, concord, t'.] 1. 
The state of being concordant; agreement; 
harmony. 
The knowledge concerning the sympathies and concor- 
dances hetween the mind and body. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 183. 
Contrasts and yet concordances. Carlylf. 
2f. In gram., concord. 
After the three Concordances learned, ... let the mas- 
ter read unto hym the Epistles of Cicero. 
Aicham, The Scholemaster, p. 2. 
3. A classified collection of the different pas- 
sages of a work, as of the Bible or the plays of 
Shakspere, with references to the places of their 
occurrence. A rcrbnl concordance consist* of an alpha- 
betical list of the principal wonts used in the work, un- 
der each of which references to the passages in which it 
is found arc arranged in order, generally with citation of 
the essential part MI rarh. \ real eoneonf one* to M alpha- 
betical index of slllijeets. (( 'umpire harmony in a similar 
sense.) 
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The Latin concordance! of St. Ilierom's Kihle. 
./ r, /.i>/t'/r. Works, III. 111. 
A. D. 1378, Thomas de Karmlaw. canon ..t York 
ilral, Iravo a P.ihlr an.l , , ! put in the north 
aisle of M. Nichola.s 1, N, v. 
ijuotcd in HIII-I, church of <mr Fathers, III. I. M, note. 
concordancyt (kon -k6r' dan-Hi), n. Same as 
i-unrnriliim-t, \. 
concordant (kon-kor'dant), a. [= F. cnncor- 
ilinit = Sp. Pg. It. OOMOfdMto, < L. niHi-or- 
iliin( /-)., ppr. of concordare, agree: nfi-mnronl, 
'.] 1. Agreeing; agreeable; correspondent; 
suitable ; harmonious. 
Concordant discords. Mir. for Magi., p. 55. 
Were every one employed In points cnnmntant to their 
natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise 
up of themselves. A'ir T. limirnr, Vnlg. Err. 
2. In mimic, consisting of a concord, or having 
(lie elYeel of one. See i-iiiirnril. '', and c<ix- 
iituil, a., 1. Concordant chord or harmony, same 
as <-:, n *i>nni\f i-l,i'i-<l (which Hee. iin.ln r.r,,.n m //,/). 
concordantial (kon-kor-dau 'sha!), a. [= F. 
riiiii-iirdiinticl, < ML. concordantin : see rnin-<ir- 
ilnncf. and -a/.] Relating to or of the nature of 
a concordance. See rnnriirdiiHi-i'. It. 
Every Imaginable sort of aid and appendix t.. th 
n al texts, with grammar and concordant >nl 1. \i ..n~ adapt- 
ed to every want. Xrw York Jndeprndent, June 30, 1870. 
concordantly (kon-k&r'dant-li), adv. In a con- 
cordant manner. 
Micha's disciples, who hope to lodge concordantly to- 
gether an Idol and an ephod. 
If'. Montayue, Devoute Essays, xlll. 7. 
concordat (kon-k6r'dat), . [Formerly concor- 
date (now as F.); = F. concordat = Sp. con- 
cordato = Pg. concordata, concordat*) = It. con- 
cordato. < NL. concordatum, prop. neut. of L. 
concordatus, pp. of concordare, agree : see con- 
cord, r.] An agreement; a compact ; a conven- 
tion ; especially, an agreement between church 
and state. 
A barren, ambiguous, delusive concordat had baffled the 
peremptory demand of Germany for a reformation of the 
church. Milman, Latin Christianity, xiv. 7. 
Nor will any universal formula be possible so long as 
different nations and churches are in different stages of 
development, even if for the highest form of Church and 
State such a formal concordat lie practicable. 
Stubbt, Const Hist (2d ed.), 607. 
Specifically (a) In canon law, a compact, covenant, or 
agreement concerning some beneficiary matter, as a res- 
ignation, permutation, promotion, or the like. (&) In civil 
law, a composition deed, (c) A convention or treaty he- 
tween the see of Rome and any secular government, with 
a view to arrange ecclesiastical relations. The most cele- 
brated modern concordat is that concluded in 1801 lie- 
tween Napoleon Bonaparte as first consul and Pius VII., 
defining the restored privileges of the Roman Catholic 
Church in France, and regulating In detail the relations 
between the ecclesiastical and civil powers. Concordat 
Of Worms, the convention between Calixtus II. and the 
emperor Henry V., In 1122, ending the struggle concerning 
investiture. 
concordatet (kon-k&r'dat), . [< NL. concor- 
datum: see concordat.] An obsolete form of 
concordat. Swift. 
COncordert (kon-kdr'der), n. One who makes 
peace and promotes harmony. 
The roiall image of the Prince of Peace, 
The blest Concorde r that made warres to cease. 
Taylor. 
concordial (kon-kor'dial), ft. [< concord, after 
cordial.] Harmonious; characterized by con- 
cord; concordant. [Rare.] 
A concordial mixture. Jrviny, Bracebridge Hall. 
concordist (kon-kor'dist), . [< concord + -<.] 
The compiler of a concordance. Worcester. 
[Rare.] 
concordityt (kqn-kor'di-ti), n. [< concord + 
-ity."] Concord. Bailey. 
concordlyt (kong'kord-li), adv. [< 'concord, adj. 
(< L. concor(d-)s: seeconcord, .), + -ty 2 .] Con- 
cordantly. 
What they delibert wiselie, let them accomplish con- 
cardlic, not iarring nor swaruing one from the other. 
Foxe, Martyrs, Epistle of Oregorie. 
concorporalt (kon-k6r'po-ral), a. [=It. concor- 
porale (cf. Sp. concorporeo'= Pg. concorporeo), 
< LL. concorporalis, < L. com-, with, together, 
+ corpus (corpor-), body : see corpora?.] Of the 
same body or company. Bailey. 
COncorporate (kou-kor'po-rat), r. ; pret. and pp. 
1'iiiicorimrated, ppr. concorporating. [< L. con- 
corporatus, pp. of coneorporare (> It. concor- 
porare, unite in one body), < com-, together, + 
corporare, embody: see corporate.'} I. trans. 
If. To unite in one substance or body; bring 
into any close union ; incorporate. 
To he concorporated in the same studies and exercises, 
in the same affections, employments, and course of life. 
lli'l/iiwt, tr. of Plutarch, p. 72. 
concredit 
We are all coneorporated, as It were, and made copart- 
ners of the promiu- in Christ 
AI>II. Uuhrr, Sermons (1021), p. 9. 
Concontvratiii'i things inconsihteut. 
Boyle, Works, VI. . 
2. To assimilate by digestion. 
II. t intrant. To unite in one mass or body. 
in: stock and graft to (if I ma> to -|>. ak) con- 
rfl II. 293. 
COncorporate (kon-kor'po-riit), ii. [< L. rn- 
mriinriilii.i. pp.: -ee the vei-li. ] I'niti'd iu the 
same body ; incorporated. [Arelinie. ) 
Until which, !.;'"//, 
Do make the elementary matt, i ..t --M 
B. Jonton, VI. h. mi-t. II. 1. 
I'.ut if we are all eoruwrponife with one another in ' 
and not only with another, hut with Himself, In that 
He Is In iu through Ills own Mesh, bow are we not all 
Hi with each other and with Christ If 
1'iufil, Eirenicon, p. 55. 
concorporationt (kon-kdr-p^ra'sho.n), i. [< 
corporate: see ci>ncor]tortite,r.] The union of 
tilings in one siilt:iin>eor body. Itr.H.Hore. 
concostate (kon-kos'tat), a. [< NL. concostattu, 
< L. com-, togotherj + costatus, ribbed: see eos- 
tnii-.] In but., having converging ribs: applied 
to leaves in which the ribttcurving from the Mae 
converge at the apex. 
concourse (kong'kors), n. [< F. contour* = Sp. 
Pg. concurso = It. concorso, < L. concursiu, a run- 
ning together, a throng, < concurrcre, pp. conCMr- 
#, run together, < com-, together, + currere, 
run: seeconeur, coarse 1 , current.'] 1. A moving, 
running, or flowing together; a commingling; 
concurrence; confluence; coincidence. 
The coalition of the good frame of the universe was not 
the product of chance or fortuitous concoumf of particles 
of matter. Sir .17. Hale, Urig. of Mankind. 
By the eaneaune of story, place, and time, Diotrephes 
was the man St. John chiefly pointed at 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. l&S. 
2. A meeting or coming together of people ; an 
assembly; a throng; a crowd. 
Coneoune in arms, fierce faces threatening war. 
Milton, P. I... xl. 041. 
The noise and busy concourte of the mart 
Dryden, /Kneld. 
Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies 
of Milan in gay fantastic cars, shining In silk brocade, 
and with sumptuous caparisons for their horses. Pretcott. 
3. An assemblage of things ; an agglomeration; 
a gathering ; a cluster. 
Under some concftre of shades, 
Wbose branching arms thick intertwined might shield 
From dews and damps of night his shelter d head. 
Milton, . K., iv. 404. 
4t. The place or point of meeting: a point of 
contact or junction of two or more bodies. 
The drop will begin to move toward the concounc of 
the glasses. Xeifton. 
Hence 5. A place for the gathering or re- 
sort of carriages with their occupants, as at a 
good point of view or of accommodation in a 
park or other public place. 6f. Concurrence; 
aid; cooperation. 
Why should he despair of success, since effects natu- 
rally follow their causes, and the divine Providence Is 
wont to afford its concourse U> such proceedings? 
Barrow, Works, I. I. 
7. In Scots lair, concurrence by a person hav- 
ing legal qualification to grant it. Thus, to 
every libel in the Court of Justiciary the lord 
advocate's concourse or concurrence is neces- 
sary Concourse of actions, in Scot* laic, the case 
where, for the same cause, a prosecution which proceeds 
ad vindictam publicam and a prosecution or action ad 
civilem efectutn go on concurrently. 
concreate (kon'kre-at), v. t. [< LL. concreatug, 
pp. adj., < L. com-', together, + creatus, pp. of 
creare, create: see create. Cf. It. concreare, Pg. 
concrear, F. concreer, concreate.] To create 
with or at the same time. [Obsolete or archaic. ] 
A rule cintcreatfd with man. Feltham, Resolves, ii. 3. 
If God did concreate grace with Adam, that grace was 
nevertheless grace. Jer. Taylor, Repentance, vL ^ 4. 
concreate (kon'kre-at), a. [=Pg. concreado = 
It. con create, < LL. concreatug, pp. adj. : see 
the verb.] Created at the same time. [Rare.] 
All the faculties supposed concreate with human con- 
sciousness. Tr. for Alien, and Jieitrol., VI. 503. 
concreditt (kon-kred'it), r. t. [< L. concreditus, 
pp. of concrederc, intrust, consign, commit, < 
com-, together, 4- credere, intrust: see credit, 
and cf. accredit.] To intrust; commit in trust ; 
accredit. 
There it was that he spake the parable of the king, who 
concredited divers talents to his servants, and having at 
his return exacted an account, rewarded them who had 
improved their bank. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5X I. 888. 
When gentlemen of qualitie have been sent beyond the 
seas, resigned and concreditrd to the conduct of such as 
they call Oovernours. Eeelvn, To Mr. Edward Thurland. 
