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concordat

/kon-kawr-dat/US // kɒnˈkɔr dæt //UK // (kɒnˈkɔːdæt) //

协和,协约,协奏曲,协约国

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an agreement or compact, especially an official one.
    • : an agreement between the pope and a secular government regarding the regulation of church matters.

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Examples

  • The hellenizers had not lost all hope of converting the nation and were indisposed to acquiesce in the concordat.

  • The purport of these latter articles was to destroy or contradict in great part the concessions granted by the Concordat.

  • Thus it was that the outlook at the beginning of the century was little favorable to the just execution of the Concordat.

  • Thereupon, he made known to Napoleon his objections, retracted everything contained in the Concordat, rendering it thereby null.

  • The Church in France has always stood loyally to the observance of the Concordat, in spite of its many hampering restrictions.