concordat
1 of 1noun/kənˈkɔrdæt/
Forms:concordats
1
a formal agreement, particularly one between a certain country and the Roman Catholic Church
- The country signed a concordat with the Vatican to regulate church-state relations.
- The concordat established the terms for appointing bishops in the region.
- The government negotiated a new concordat to address issues of religious education.
- Historians studied the impact of the 19th-century concordat on European politics.
- The concordat between the nation and the Catholic Church was finalized after lengthy discussions.