Concordat

( Eccl. Hist.) Any covenant, compact, or agreement entered into. An agreement or convention upon ecclesiastical matters made between the Pope and some temporal sovereign, as that between Pius VII. and Napoleon I. in 1802, by which the Roman Catholic religion was re-established in France; on which occasion the Pope recognized the new division of France into sixty sees, instead of the much greater number which had existed before the revolution; the payment of the clergy from the national revenues, and the appointment of the bishops by the civil authority. Originally the term was applied to agreements regulating mutual rights between bishops, abbots, priors, . Many of the German powers po e concordats with the see of Rome; but the most celebrated is that of August 18, 1855, between Austria and the Pope. By it the papal power was widely extended over all the Austrian dominions, and greater privileges conceded to it than had ever before been granted by any German sovereign. By it not only has the Church sole power in ecclesiastical matters, independent of the State, but all institutions for educational purposes are under its control; and it has the power of preventing the di emination of works of a dangerous character. The execution of this C. gave rise to so many difficulties, that the Emperor of Austria abrogated it without asking the consent of the Pope, in 1870. Con'cord, in Vermont, a village and township of E ex county, about 38 m. W. by N. of Montpelier. It has important manufactures, and carries on a large busine . Concord i a, in Kentucky , a village of Meade co., on the Ohio River, about 110 m. W. by S. of Frankfort. Concord i a, in Louisiana , a N.E. parish on the W. bank of the Mi i ippi River. Area , about 790 m. It is bounded on the W. and S.W. by the Washita and Red rivers. The surface is low and frequently inundated. Cap . Vidalia. Concord i a, in Mi ouri , a post-office of La Fayette co. Concord i a, in Ohio , a village of Darke co., about 38 m. N.W. of Drayton. Concord i a, in Tenne ee, a township of Fayette co, abt. 170 m. S.W. of Nashville. Concord i a. ( Myth .) The Roman godde of Peace. The dictator Camillus first raised a temple to her. She was generally represented as a matron holding in her right hand an olive-branch, and in her left hand a cornucopia. Her symbols were 2 hands clasped together, and 2 serpents entwined about a wand. Concord i a Village, in Louisiana. See VIDALIA. Concord'ist, n. One who compiles a concordance. Con'cord River, in Ma achusetts , is formed by the junction of the A abet and Sudbury rivers, and traverses Middle sex co. in a N.E., then by a N. course to the Merrimac River, which it enters at Lowell. Concord Station, in Pennsylvania, a post-office of Erie co. Con'cordville, in Pennsylvania , a post-village of Delaware co., about 83 m. E.S.E. of Harris burg. Concorporate, v. i. To unite into one body. (R.) "Thus we chastise the god of wine... Until the cooler nymph abate His wrath, and so concorporate ." - Cleveland.