| 单词 |
concordatum |
| 释义 |
‖ concorˈdatum
[L. pa. pple. of concordāre to concord, used in med.L. as n. ‘a thing agreed upon’: cf. the formulary ‘transactum, compositum, et concordatum est’. In this particular use ‘a matter agreed upon by the Lord Deputy and his Council (all the members of which were originally required to sign the order)’.]
In Irish Hist., An order in Council relative to the disposal of money set apart for particular purposes of state; a special payment under such an order; loosely, the concordatum-fund, whence such payments were made.
The special fund for extraordinary expenses in addition to the regular establishment of the kingdom, known in time as the ‘concordatum-fund’, appears early in the reign of Elizabeth; from it rewards were paid for public services, e.g. for the killing or apprehension of Tories, etc.
See Calendar of Irish State Papers II. 31, etc.
1625Darcie Ann. App. (end), The..charges..amounted to..{pstlg}1,198,717 9s. 1d., besides great Concordatums..and other extraordinaries. 1662Earl of Orrery State Lett. (1743) I. 84 The president of Munster..had still allowed him, by concordatum, 100 marks a year, for his house-rent. 1729Abp. Boulter Lett. I. 333 The privy council was attacked on Saturday last about the withdrawing of the concordatum for the two last years. 1736T. Sheridan in Swift's Wks. (1814) XIX. 16 Poor old Mr. Price cannot hold out a fortnight; and his son claims your promise of getting him something from the Concordatum. 1862J. B. Burke Viciss. Fam. III. 12, I do not know a fitter case than poor Sir F. E.'s, for either the Concordatum fund or..admission into some hospital. |
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