concordance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
    harmony; concord.
  2. noun agreement of opinions
    harmony; concord.
  3. noun an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts

WordNet

Con*cord"ance noun
Etymology
F., fr. LL. concordantia.
Definitions
  1. Agreement; accordance.
    Contrasts, and yet concordances. Carlyle.
  2. (Gram.) Concord; agreement. Obs. Aschlam.
  3. An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.
    His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance. Macaulay.
  4. A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book.

Webster 1913