concordat
concordat
Definition
con·cor·dat (kən kôr′dat′)
noun
- a compact; formal agreement; covenant
- an agreement between a pope and a government concerning the regulation of church affairs
Etymology: Fr < ML concordatum, agreement < L concordatus, pp. of concordare: see concordance
concordat
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- agree: Both parties have agreed a concordat setting out how we will work together in future.
- sign: Action Point 3: Neil Betteridge to sign the Concordat with the DRC.
- develop: The PRO and NAW were developing a concordat on record-keeping issues which would be published.
- have: For Scotland and Northern Ireland: The Scottish Executive has a concordat with HSE.
- review: Scope out the funding for an external person to review the Concordat.
- publish: We have together published a Concordat setting out how we work effectively together.
Adjective modifier
- overarching: In addition to the JMC agreement, there are four separate overarching Concordats intended to apply broadly uniform arrangements across Government.
- bilateral: Each Whitehall department is encouraged to agree a bilateral Concordat with each of the Devolved Administrations.
- new: Halls finds evidence of Catholic clerics dreaming of a new Concordat for France.
- specific: Many of these relate to specific concordats with individual countries and you have to apply directly through the equivalent organization your home country.
- present: For the remaining States the agreements entered into in the present Concordat come into force in their entirety.
- formal: UNISON supports the proposal that the relationship between local government and a Scottish Parliament should be embodied in a formal concordat.
Preposition: with
- sector: This involves using such measures as the Concordat with the private sector and Private Finance Initiative ( PFI ).
- department: We are signing concordats with the main government departments that relate to the Social Sciences.
- country: Many of these relate to specific concordats with individual countries and you have to apply directly through the equivalent organization your home country.
Noun used with modifier
- enforcement: The Council signed up to the enforcement concordat in 1998 and copies of the enforcement policy are available at the Council offices.
- draft: Concordat with the Disability Rights Commission ( DRC ) 8. Members were invited to approve the draft concordat with the DRC.
- research: Research councils Concordats with research councils have been developed on behalf of all four UK Health Departments.
- conscience: Concordats extend the reach of Canon Law, and human rights lawyers express concern about the impending Slovak " conscience concordat " .
- procurement: Business Development Small Business Friendly Concordat London Boro of Barking and Dagenham have recently signed a procurement concordat.
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