concordatoryadj.
/kənˈkɔːdətəri/ Of or pertaining to a concordat, esp. that between church and state in France.
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concordatory1896
1896 Edinb. Rev. July 212 The concordatory organisation, with all its diocesan and parochial ramifications, continues to exist.
1898 J. E. C. Bodley France iii. iv. 201 The relations of Church and State also were organized by the same master-hand in the concordatory arrangement, which survives regimes most antagonistic in matters ecclesiastic.
1906 Daily Chron. 10 Dec. 4/6 On Tuesday next Article IV of the Law of Separation will come into force in France. This marks the final exit of the Concordatory Church.
1957 Encycl. Brit. VI. 206/1 Objects of concordatory conventions.
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