dictionary definitions for "concordance"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Concordance \Con*cord"ance\, n. [F., fr. LL. concordantia.]
     1. Agreement; accordance.
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              Contrasts, and yet concordances.      --Carlyle.
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     2. (Gram.) Concord; agreement. [Obs.] --Aschlam.
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     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.
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              His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might
              have been called a living concordance. --Macaulay.
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     4. A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a
        book.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  concordance
      n 1: 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 [syn: harmony,
           concord, concordance]
      2: agreement of opinions [syn: harmony, concord,
         concordance]
      3: an index of all main words in a book along with their
         immediate contexts


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