concordat

noun

Definition of concordatnext
as in treaty

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Recent Examples of concordat The country signed a concordat, or agreement, with the Vatican in 1954 making Catholicism the state religion, though the constitution allows freedom of worship. — Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2025 One poll showed that 78% of respondents across France supported abrogation of the 1801 concordat in Alsace-Moselle. — Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ, 22 June 2021 After the fall of communism in 1989, Poland signed several concordats to hand back communal lands that had been seized, including one with the Jewish community, which lodged more than 5,000 claims. — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2019 Since the concordat was launched, public support for animal research has stabilized in the United Kingdom, although showing cause and effect is difficult. — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, 14 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concordat
  1. treaty
  2. pact
  3. bargain
  4. compact
Noun
  • Without a treaty change or a Pentagon-wide policy, commands and contractors retain broad discretion over whether a family can return home to pursue divorce and custody in an American court.
    — Brianna Keilar, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Federal agents negotiated treaties in the 1850s with more than 130 Indigenous communities in the new state of California, setting aside roughly 7% of the state for reservations.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of treaty
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  • The pact has since been renewed as first-look, allowing Glover to work with other studios.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Its trade pact with Canada, signed Tuesday, is expected to boost exports to the emirates in aerospace, cereals, machinery, and vehicles.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of pact
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  • Add in the inconsistency of Green Bay’s rookie kicker, Trey Smack, and the points look like an absolute bargain.
    — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Her organizing was instrumental in California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, which granted farmworkers the legal right to form unions, hold secret-ballot elections, and bargain collectively with their employers.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of bargain
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  • Since the 1990s, the East Wing had what could almost be called a compact with Afghan women.
    — Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The lawsuit alleges DraftKings operates a sports book in violation of the gaming compact between the Tribe and the state inked in 2021, which provides the Tribe a monopoly on sports betting in Florida.
    — Gray Rohrer, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
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