concordance
noun
agreement; concord; harmony.
concordances
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pluralof concordance.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They clutched biblical concordances, Hebrew lexicons, Gospel commentaries.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2012
Each chapter holds up its title phrase or word for close inspection in the light of etymologies, concordances, psychoanalytic theories and literary texts.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2012
The scholars work on this in a small inner room, equipped with concordances, dictionaries, and all the relevant texts.
From The New Yorker ● May 6, 1955
Computerized concordances have by now recorded every use of every word in Shakespeare, and Taylor soon found interesting similarities between his discovery and Romeo and Juliet, written when Shakespeare was around 30.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the other extreme are the self-conscious artists in verse who abhor imperfect concordances, and polish their rhymes until the life and freshness disappear.
From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry
