concordance

con·cor·dance

noun \kən-ˈkȯr-d^ən(t)s, kän-\

Definition of CONCORDANCE

1

: an alphabetical index of the principal words in a book or the works of an author with their immediate contexts

2

: concord, agreement

Examples of CONCORDANCE

1. There is little concordance between the two studies.
2. a concordance of Shakespeare's plays

Origin of CONCORDANCE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin concordantia, from Latin concordant-, concordans, present participle of concordare to agree, from concord-, concors

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody