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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCOMITANCE

n.[L., to accompany, a companion. See Count. ] A being together, or in connection with another thing. The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONCOMITANCE; CONCOMITANCY

Con *com "i *tance, Con *com "i *tan *cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. concomitance, fr. LL. concomitantia.]

 

1. The state of accompanying; accompaniment. The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other. Sir T. Browne.

 

2. (R.C.Ch. )

 

Defn: The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood are both received by comunication in one kind only.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

concomitance

con com i tance |kənˈkämitəns kənˈkɑmədəns | noun (also concomitancy |-tənsē |) the fact of existing or occurring together with something else. Theology the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are each present in both the bread and the wine of the Eucharist. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin concomitantia, from the verb concomitari accompany (see concomitant ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

concomitance

concomitance |kənˈkɒmɪt (ə )ns |(also concomitancy ) noun [ mass noun ] the fact of existing or occurring together with something else. Theology the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are each present in both the bread and the wine of the Eucharist. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin concomitantia, from the verb concomitari accompany (see concomitant ).

 

French Dictionary

concomitance

concomitance n. f. nom féminin Existence simultanée de deux phénomènes, de deux faits. Note Orthographique conco m i t ance.