concordat

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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 Pope Pius VII signed a concordat with Napoleon (whose troops controlled Rome) and traveled to Paris for his coronation as emperor in 1804. Paul Elie, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2022 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
Noun
  • What Villars told me is that the ocean economy is entering a phase of decentralized and cross-sector collaboration, instead of grand inter-governmental treaties.
    Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 3 May 2026
  • In 1997, the Chemical Weapons Convention, a worldwide treaty banning the use of chemical weapons and mandating the destruction of existing chemical weapons, went into effect.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Under the multi-year pact, Lopez will continue in his role at the helm of the Fire Country spinoff while also developing other projects for the studio.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 May 2026
  • Then the Motion Picture Academy went and struck a megadeal with YouTube to move the Oscars to the platform in 2029 — in a pact said to be in the nine-figure range.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • An Orlando resident has completed his end of the plea bargain from a 2020 crash that killed three teens, and now the courts have fulfilled theirs by wiping his criminal record clean.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • There will always be bargain-hunting customers, so other discount carriers could benefit from Spirit’s demise.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Florida is one of more than 40 states in the national nursing compact.
    Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
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    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Concordat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concordat. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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