CONCORDANCES

Noun

concordances

plural of concordance

Source: Wiktionary


CONCORDANCE

Con*cord"ance, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. concordantia.]

1. Agreement; accordance. Contrasts, and yet concordances. Carlyle.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: Concord; agreement. [Obs.] Aschlam.

3. An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place. His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance. Macaulay.

4. A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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