also 3–4 acordance, -auns. [a. OFr. acordance agreeing, n. of action f. acorder; see ACCORD v. and -ANCE.]
1. The action or state of agreeing; agreement; harmony; conformity.
1303. R. Brunne, Handlyng Sinne, 2006. Se how þese wymmen a-cordaunce Plesyde God wyþ lytyl penaunce. Ibid. (1330), Chron., 180. Þei parted þe oste in tuo, þorgh comon acordance.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 498. Ful blisful was the accordaunce, Of swete and piteous songe thei made.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., V. viii. 14. So can they both themselves full eath perswade To faire accordaunce.
1633. Bp. Hall, Hard T., 605. I will draw my Church to a happie accordance so as both Jewes and Gentiles shall be linked together in the bonds of peace.
c. 1800. Wordsworth, To the Moon, Wks. 1849, V. 278. Touched by accordance of thy placid cheer, With some internal lights to memory dear.
1869. Phillips, Vesuv., vi. 164. If we place in parallel columns the number of earthquakes and the number of volcanic eruptions, the degree of accordance will be seen at a glance.
b. esp. in the modern phrase, In accordance with (rarely to): in agreement or harmony with; in conformity to.
1806–31. A. Knox, Rem. (1844), I. 44. Where religion is pursued … in accordance with the views of the New Testament some tastes of such happiness are soon perceived.
1861. Geo. Eliot, Silas M., 20. With which the look of gloomy vexation on Godfrey’s blond face was in sad accordance.
1865. Pusey, Truth & Off. Eng. Ch., 212. This was in accordance to Du Pin’s previous conviction.
1880. W. H. Dixon, Windsor, IV. xxviii. 262. His deeds were never in accordance with his votes.
2. The action of granting.
1881. Times, 20 Aug., 9/2. The scheme … includes, among other matters, the accordance to Ireland of the rights both of taxing herself and of spending the taxes as she pleases.
