concordat

1. 1.

   a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

   Synonymscovenantcompact

   Broaderwritten agreement

   NarrowerLateran Treaty

Other forms of concordat

plural

concordats·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about concordat

What does concordat mean?

concordat means "a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action".

How many syllables are in concordat?

concordat has 3 syllables: con-cor-dat. The stress falls on "con".

What is another word for concordat?

Close synonyms include covenant, compact. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is concordat a common word?

concordat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.