— concordatory /kon kawr"deuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.
/kon kawr"dat/ , n.
1. an agreement or compact, esp. an official one.
2. an agreement between the pope and a secular government regarding the regulation of church matters.
[ 1610-20; concordate concordatum, L: neut. of concordatus, ptp. of concordare to be in agreement. See CONCORD, -ATE 1 ]