Concordance \Con*cord"ance\, n. [F., fr. LL. concordantia.]
1. Agreement; accordance.
Contrasts, and yet concordances. --Carlyle.
2. (Gram.) Concord; agreement. [Obs.]
--Aschlam.
3. An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the
text of a book where each principal word may be found,
with its immediate context in each place.
His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might
have been called a living concordance. --Macaulay.
4. A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a
book.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |