concordat means A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.
Why this word is great
CONCORDAT — [Noun] A formal diplomatic agreement between the Holy See and a sovereign state, delineating the legal status and privileges of the Catholic Church within its territory. From French concordat, from Latin concordatum, neuter past participle of concordare ("to agree, be of one mind"), from con- ("with, together") + cor, cordis ("heart"). Unlike a "treaty" (a pact between secular sovereigns on matters temporal) or a "covenant" (a broader, often theological bond), a concordat is a precise, worldly negotiation between spiritual authority and temporal power. It is the brittle parchment mapping the boundaries between cathedral and palace, the negotiated silence of bells in a city of factory whistles, and the cold calculus of school curricula applied to matters of eternal faith—a testament to the fact that even the eternal must, for a time, find accommodation with the map.
noun
- A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.“That eminent and independant statesman, Count Louis of Medicis, concluded a concordat with cardinal Gonsalvi, at Terracina, on the 16th February, 1816, probably the most humiliating instrument to which the Roman court has been forced to submit since the fall of the Bonapartes.”