Talk:concordance

concordance
Sense 5, "a topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book." Never heard of a topical concordance; if this sense exists, it must be used somewhere outside the usual fields of linguistics and exegesis. Anyone? -- Visviva 04:53, 3 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Isn't sense 5 just another formulation of sense 3, (or perhaps just a detailed index or table of contents)? I've never heard the word used in this sense. Dbfirs 09:12, 5 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Sense 5 seems to say that concepts are arranged by topic rather than alphabetically. -- Visviva 13:39, 5 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Or perhaps that you apply it to the surface? :-) —Ruakh TALK 17:33, 5 January 2008 (UTC)


 * A table of contents is often arranged by topic, but I have never heard it called a concordance. Has anyone else?  ( - and it tends to be inside the front cover, not topical!)  Dbfirs 21:17, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, in many continental European countries, the table of contents is placed at the back of the book. It's not always called "Contents" but I can't remember whether I've ever seen it called a "Concordance".  I don't think so, but I'm not sure. --EncycloPetey 23:22, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Concordia
I am not entirely sure if it is actually from the name of the goddess Concordia, but if so it means harmony literally "with (one) heart". Mallerd 23:53, 12 September 2008 (UTC)