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concordance

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con·cord·ance

[kon-kawr-dns, kuhn-]
noun
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.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English concordaunce < Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French concordance < Medieval Latin concordantia. See concord, -ance
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concordance (kənˈkɔːdəns)
 
n
1.  a state or condition of agreement or harmony
2.  a book that indexes the principal words in a literary work, often with the immediate context and an account of the meaning
3.  an index produced by computer or machine, alphabetically listing every word in a text
4.  an alphabetical list of subjects or topics

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Word Origin & History

concordance
late 14c., "alphabetical arrangement of all the words in a book" (esp. the Bible), from Fr. concordance (12c.), from L.L. concordantiæ, from concordantem (see concord). Originally a citation of parallel passages. Literal meaning "fact of agreeing" attested in English from mid-15c.
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Medical Dictionary

concordance con·cor·dance (kən-kôr'dns)
n.
The presence of a given trait in both members of a pair of twins.


con·cor'dant adj.

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