concordance

American  

[kon-kawr-dns, kuhn-] / kɒnˈkɔr dns, kən- /

noun

1. agreement; concord; harmony.

   the concordance of the membership.

2. an alphabetical index of the principal words of a book, as of the Bible, with a reference to the passage in which each occurs.

3. an alphabetical index of subjects or topics.

4. (in genetic studies) the degree of similarity in a pair of twins with respect to the presence or absence of a particular disease or trait.

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concordance British  

/ kənˈkɔːdəns /

noun

1. a state or condition of agreement or harmony

2. a book that indexes the principal words in a literary work, often with the immediate context and an account of the meaning

3. an index produced by computer or machine, alphabetically listing every word in a text

4. an alphabetical list of subjects or topics

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Etymology

Origin of concordance

1350–1400; Middle English concordaunce < Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French concordance < Medieval Latin concordantia. See concord, -ance