Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON'CORD, n. [Fr. concorde; L. concordia, from concors, of con and cor, cordis, the heart. See Accord.]

1. Agreement between persons; union in opinions, sentiments, views or interests; peace; harmony. What concord hath Christ with Belial? – 2 Cor. vi.
2. Agreement between things; suitableness; harmony. If, nature's concord broke, / Among the constellations, war were sprung. – Milton.
3. In music, consent of sounds; harmony; the relation between two or more sounds which are agreeable to the ear. [See Chord.] The man who hath not music in himself, / Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, / Is fit for treasons. – Shak.
4. A compact; an agreement by stipulation; treaty. – Davies.
5. In law, an agreement between the parties in a fine, made by leave of the court. This is an acknowledgment from the deforciants that the land in question is the right of the complainant. – Blackstone.
6. In grammar, agreement of words in construction; as, adjectives with nouns in gender, number and case; or verbs with nouns or pronouns in number and person. Or concord may signify the system of tubes for construction called syntax. Form of concord, in ecclesiastical history, is a book among the Lutherans containing a system of doctrines to be subscribed as a condition of communion, composed at Torgaw in 1576. – Encyc.