Concordia
[kon-kawr-dee-uh]
- the ancient Roman goddess of harmony or peace.
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Origin of Concordia
From Latin; see origin at concord
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Examples from the Web for concordia
Contemporary Examples
Shortly before the Concordia crashed, Schettino can be heard on the audiotape telling the helmsman to turn again.
Before the Concordia, the island shuttered up in late October and opened again in the spring.
Before the Concordia came to town, the local population hovered somewhere between 600 and 900 during the winter months.
As Dr. Jim Pfause of Concordia University points out, “smaller ones may mean you need more stimulation.”
On Giglio, the remnants of the disaster will never go away even after the Concordia is towed from its shores.
Two Years On, Costa Concordia Remains the Wreck Italy Can’t ForgetBarbie Latza Nadeau
January 13, 2014
Historical Examples
Steels, Concordia, with doves on square and astronomical globe.
The name of the sculptor of the Concordia in the apse is not known.
Pagan and Christian RomeRodolfo Lanciani
That of Concordia Augusta, of limestone, has already been mentioned (p. 117).
Pompeii, Its Life and ArtAugust Mau
I lunched with him at the Concordia, and he paid me five thousand francs, which he owed me.
Mademoiselle of Monte CarloWilliam Le Queux
With these trivial exceptions the Concordia remained the law in Castile.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1Henry Charles Lea