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
  • Analysts said the treaty is becoming increasingly important to Australia while tensions with China in the region are growing.
    NINIEK KARMINI, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • President George Washington testified before the entire Senate in 1789 about treaties with Native Americans.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The pact with Washington, Oregon and four Native American tribes had allowed for a pause in the litigation.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The pact with Washington, Oregon and four Native American tribes had allowed for a pause in the litigation.
    Claire Rush, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • It’s widely understood that to shop secondhand is to enter into a treasure hunt, where messiness is permitted and persistence is rewarded with bargains and unique items.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Four years later, machines had been taught to play Atari games, and Google acquired DeepMind at the bargain price of some half a billion dollars.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The midsize truck category, which is the next size up from compacts like the Maverick, is ruled by none other than the Toyota Tacoma.
    Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Those would impose most of the burden on Arizona and its Lower Basin neighbors and are silent on the question of what happens if the Upper Basin falls out of compliance with the compact.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 3 Feb. 2026

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“Concordat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concordat. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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