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CON'CORD,yi in mufic, is that relation of two founds 
which are always agreeable to the ear, whether applied 
in fucceffion or together; for, whatever founds make an 
agreeable compound in confonance, the fame will always 
Lie pleafing in lucceffion, or follow one another agreeably. 
The reverfe of concord is what we call difcord , which is 
a denomination of all the relations or intervals of found 
that have a difpleafing effect, But it is not eafy to af¬ 
firm the reafon or foundation of concordance; for there 
does not appear any natural aptitude in the two founds 
of a concord to determine it to give us a pleafing fenfa- 
tion, any more than in. the two founds of a difcord : we 
know what proportions and relations of tune pleafe us, 
but we know not why. The odtave is the molt perfect of 
concords, as the agreement of its extremes is the greateft 
and neareft to unilon ; 'for, when founded together, it is 
impolfible to perceive two different founds; it is alio the 
greateft interval of the feven original concords, and as 
inch contains all the fmaller concords, which derive their 
lweetnefs from it in proportion as they arife more or lefs 
out of it. From the perfection of the odfave arifes this 
remarkable property, that it may be doubled, tripled, See. 
and yet Hill will preferve a concord, i. e. the fum of two 
or more oftaves are concord, (though the more compound 
will be gradually lefs agreeable;) but it is not fo with 
any other concord lefs than the oftave, the doubles, &c. 
whereof are all difeords. See farther under Music. 
CON'CORD, a poll town of the American States, in 
New Hampfhire, very flourifhing, and pleafantly fituated 
on the weft bank of Merrimack river, in Rockingham 
county, eight miles above Hookfet falls. The legiftature, 
of late, have commonly held there fefjions here; and from 
its central fituation, and a thriving back country, it will 
probably become the permanent feat of government. 
Much of the trade of the upper country centers here. A 
■handfome toll-bridge acrofs the Merrimack connedls this 
town with Pembroke. By the ftate cenfus it contained 
1747 inhabitants, and was incorporated in 1765. The In¬ 
dian name was Penacook. It was granted by Maftachu- 
fetts, and called Rumford. The compact part of the town 
has a congregational church, and an academy, which was 
incorporated in 1790. It is fifty-four miles weft-north- 
weft of Portl'mouth, fifty-eight fouth-weft of Dartmouth 
college, and feventy northward from Bolton. Lat. 43. 12. 
W. Ion. 71. 29. W. 
CON'CORD, a town of the American States, in EiTex 
county, Vermont, fituate on Connecticut river, oppofite a 
part of the fifteen-mile falls. 
CON'CORD, a poll town of the American States, in 
Malfachufetts, and one of the molt confiderable towns in' 
Middlefex county, fituated on Concord river, in a healthy 
and pleafant fpot, nearly in the center of the county, 
eighteen miles north-well of Bofton, and feventeen eaft 
of Lancalter. Its Indian name was Mufquetequid; and 
it owes its prefent name to the peaceable manner in which 
it was obtained from the natives. The firft fettlers, among 
whom were the Rev. Meflrs. Buckley and Jones, having 
fettled the purchafe, obtained an ad of incorporation, 
September 3, 1635; and this was the molt diftant fettle- 
ment from the fea-fhore of New England at that time. 
The fettlers never had any conteft with the Indians; and 
only three perfons were ever killed by them within the 
limits of the town. In 1791, there were in this townfhip 
225 dwellipg-houfes, and 1590 inhabitants; of the latter 
there were eighty perfons upwards of leventy years old. 
For thirteen years previous to 1791, the. average number 
of deaths was feventeen; one in four of whom were fe- 
venty years old and upwards. The public buildings are, 
a congregational church, a fpacious jail, the beft in New 
England, and a very handlome court-houfe. The town 
has three convenient bridges over the river; one of which 
is 208 feet long, and eighteen feet wide, fupported by 
twelve piers. This town is famous in the hiltory of the 
American revolution, having been the feat of the pro¬ 
vincial congrefs in 1774, and the fpot where the firft op- 
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pofition was made to the Britifh troops, on the memorable 
19th of April, 1775. 
CON'CORD, a finall river of North,America, in the 
ftate of Mafiachufetts, formed of two branches, which 
unite near the center of the town of Concord, whence it 
takes its courfe in a north-eall direClion through Bedford 
and Billerica, and empties itfelf into Merrimack river, at 
Tewfbury. Concord river is remarkable for the gentle- 
nefs of its current, which is fcarcely perceivable by the, 
eye. At low water mark it is from 100 to 200 feet wide, 
and from three to twelve feet deep. During floods, Con¬ 
cord river is near a mile' in breadth; and, when viewed 
from the town of Concord, makes a fine appearance. 
CON'CORD, a townfhip of the American States, in 
Delaware county, Pennlyivania. 
CON'CORD, a fettlement of the American States, in 
Georgia, on the ealt bank of the Miffiffippi, about a mile 
from the fouth line of Tennefiee, 108 miles north from the 
mouth of Yazoo river, and 218 below the Ohio. Lat. 33. 
55. N. Ion. 91. 25. W. 
CONCOR'DANCE,/! [ concordant is, Lat.] Agreement. 
—I fliall take it for an opportunity to tell you, how you 
are to rule the city out of a concordance. South. —A con¬ 
cord in grammar; one of the three chief relations in 
fpeech. It is not now in life in this fenfe.— After the three 
concordances learned, let the mailer read unto him the 
epiftles of Cicero. Afcham. 
■ CONCOR'DANCE, f. A dictionary or index to the 
Bible, wherein all the leading words uled in the courfe of 
the infpired writings are ranged alphabetically, and the 
various places where they occur referred to, in order to 
affill the memory in finding out paffages, and comparing 
the feveral fignifications of the fame word. Cardinal 
Hugo de St. Charo, is faid to have employed 500 monks 
at one time in compiling a Latin concordance: befides 
which there are feveral other concordances in the fame 
language; one called the concordance of England, com¬ 
piled by J. Darlington, of the order of predicants; an¬ 
other more accurate, by the jefuit de Zamora. R- Mor- 
decai Nathan has alfo furnifhed a Hebrew concordance, 
firft printed at Venice in 1523, containing all the Hebrew 
roots branched into their various fignifications, and un¬ 
der each iignification all the places in feripture wherein 
it refpeblively occurs: but the beft and moft ufeful He¬ 
brew concordance is that of Buxtorf, printed at Bafil in 
1632. Dr. Taylor likewife publifhed, in 1754, a Hebrew 
concordance in two volumes folio, adapted to the Eng- 
lifli Bible, and difpofed after the manner of Buxtorf. 
The Greek concordances are on!)' for the New Tefta- 
ment: indeed we have one of Conr. Kircher’s on the Old ; 
but this is rather a concordantial diftionary than a con¬ 
cordance; containing all the Hebrew words in an alpha¬ 
betical order; and underneath all the interpretations or 
fenfes the LXX. give them ; and in each interpretation, 
all the places where they occur in that verfion. In 1718, 
Trommius publifhed his Greek concordance for the fep- 
tuagint at Amfterdam, in two volumes folio ; and Schmi- 
dius, improving on a fimilar work of II. Stephen, has given 
an excellent Greek concordance for the New Teftamtnt, 
the beft edition of which is that of Leipfic, 1717- CaTa- 
fius, an Italian cordelier, has given concordances of the 
Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, in two columns: the firft, 
which is Hebrew, is that of R. Mordecai Nathan; in the 
other column is a Latin interpretation of.each paffage of 
feripture quoted by R. Mordecai; this interpretation is 
Califius’s own ; but in the margin he adds that of the 
LXX. and the Vulgate, when different from his : 4 vols. 
folio; Rome, 1621. There are feveral very copious cor.~ 
cordances in Englifh, as Newmann’s, See. but the laft and 
beft efteemed is that in 4to. by Alex. Cnufen. 
CONCOR'DANT, qdj. [concordat!!, Lat.] Agreeable; 
agreeing; correfpondent,; harmonious.—Were every one 
employed in points concordant to their natures, profef- 
fions, and arts, commonwealths would rife up of therti« 
felves. Brown, 
CONCOR'DANT 
