concordance
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A concordance is a reference work that provides an alphabetical index of the principal words in a book or an author's works, showing their immediate contexts. It can also mean agreement or harmony. Dictionaries, which are reference books defining words, may include a concordance if they are an index to a specific body of writing. The term originates from the Latin concordare, meaning "to agree". Concordats, on the other hand, are pacts between ecclesiastical and secular authorities concerning church affairs.1234
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dictionary…passage, it is called a concordance. Theoretically, a good dictionary could be compiled by organizing into one list a large number of concordances. A word list that consists of geographic names only is called a gazetteer.
Read More…passage, it is called a concordance. Theoretically, a good dictionary could be compiled by organizing into one list a large number of concordances. A word list that consists of geographic names only is called a gazetteer.
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…advantage in the compilation of concordances of individual authors or of limited texts, and then one type of dictionary could be made by a summation of concordances. Such a procedure, with a large body of literature such as that of the Renaissance, is especially advantageous because an editor would be…
Read More…advantage in the compilation of concordances of individual authors or of limited texts, and then one type of dictionary could be made by a summation of concordances. Such a procedure, with a large body of literature such as that of the Renaissance, is especially advantageous because an editor would be…
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