CONCORDANCE


Meaning of CONCORDANCE in English

/kon kawr"dns, keuhn-/ , n.

1. agreement; concord; harmony: the concordance of the membership.

2. an alphabetical index of the principal words of a book, as of the Bible, with a reference to the passage in which each occurs.

3. an alphabetical index of subjects or topics.

4. (in genetic studies) the degree of similarity in a pair of twins with respect to the presence or absence of a particular disease or trait.

[ 1350-1400; ME concordaunce concordance concordantia. See CONCORD, -ANCE ]

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