concordat

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

concordat
    n 1: a signed written agreement between two or more parties
         (nations) to perform some action [syn: {covenant},
         {compact}, {concordat}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Concordat \Con*cor"dat\, n. [F. concordat, L. concordato, prop.
   p. p. of concordare. See {Concord}.]
   1. A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.
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   2. An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or
      government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters
      with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between
      Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte in 1801. --Hook.
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