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Webster 1913 Edition
Concordance
Con-cord′ance
,Noun.
[F., fr. LL.
concordantia
.] 1.
Agreement; accordance.
Contrasts, and yet
concordances
. Carlyle.
2.
(Gram.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Concordance
CONCORDANCE
,Noun.
1.
Agreement. In this sense, accordance is generally used.2.
In grammar, concord. [Not used.]3.
A dictionary_webster1828 in which the principal words used in the scriptures are arranged alphabetically, and the book, chapter and verse in which each word occurs are noted; designed to assist an inquirer in finding any passage of scripture, by means of any leading word in a verse which he can recollect.Definition 2024
concordance
concordance
- See Wiktionary:Concordances for Wiktionary's guide to concordances
English
Alternative forms
- concordaunce (obsolete)
Noun
concordance (plural concordances)
- agreement; accordance; consonance
- (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Carlyle
- Contrasts, and yet concordances.
- (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Carlyle
- (grammar, obsolete) concord, agreement.
- 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.
- c. 1857, Thomas Macaulay, "Paul Bunyan", contribution to the Encyclopaedia Britannica,
- His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance.
- c. 1857, Thomas Macaulay, "Paul Bunyan", contribution to the Encyclopaedia Britannica,
- (computational linguistics) a list of occurrences of a word or phrase from a corpus, with the immediate context.
Translations
agreement
agreement (grammar)
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agreement — see agreement
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alphabetical index