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源自法语 concordat,基于拉丁语 concordatum(意为'达成一致'),来自动词 concordare(使和谐)。
❶ 指政府与教会之间达成的正式协议,通常涉及宗教事务的管理权或双方的权利义务关系。常见于政教关系复杂的国家。
“The concordat between the Vatican and Italy recognized Catholicism as the state religion.”
(梵蒂冈与意大利签订的政教协定承认天主教为国教。)
“Negotiating a new concordat took nearly a decade of discussions.”
(新协约的谈判经历了近十年的讨论。)
sign a concordat — 正式签署政教协议,通常需要双方最高权力机构的批准。
“The president will sign the concordat with the Archbishop next week.”
(总统将于下周与大主教签署政教协议。)