English Dictionary: concordance | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Concordance \Con*cord"ance\, n. [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. |