All 18 Uses of
accord
in
The Da Vinci Code
- According to lore, the brotherhood had created a map of stone—a clef de voûte… or keystone—an engraved tablet that revealed the final resting place of the brotherhood's greatest secret… information so powerful that its protection was the reason for the brotherhood's very existence.†
Chpt 2
- Our desires are in accord.†
Chpt 10
- According to Sophie, Langdon had been called to the Louvre tonight not as a symbologist but rather as a suspect and was currently the unwitting target of one of DCPJ's favorite interrogation methods—surveillance cachée—a deft deception in which the police calmly invited a suspect to a crime scene and interviewed him in hopes he would get nervous and mistakenly incriminate himself.†
Chpt 11-12
- According to the director, at my orders he paged his entire team to look at the images I'd wired him.†
Chpt 17-18 *
- Because if you draw a pentagram, the lines automatically divide themselves into segments according to the Divine Proportion.†
Chpt 19-20
- "Sophie," Langdon whispered, leaning toward her now, "according to the Priory of Sion, the Holy Grail is not a cup at all.†
Chpt 37-38
- Oui… oui… d'accord.†
Chpt 41-42
- According to my grandfather, the blueprints come from one of Da Vinci's secret diaries.†
Chpt 47-48
- Sophie, according to Priory lore, the keystone is an encoded map… a map that reveals the hiding place of the Holy Grail.†
Chpt 47-48
- According to Jewish custom, celibacy was condemned, and the obligation for a Jewish father was to find a suitable wife for his son.†
Chpt 57-58
- According to these unaltered gospels, it was not Peter to whom Christ gave directions with which to establish the Christian Church.†
Chpt 57-58
- "According to the Priory," Teabing continued, "Mary Magdalene was pregnant at the time of the crucifixion.†
Chpt 59-60
- Sophie was seated with Langdon and Teabing near the front of the cabin—the Fan Jet Executive Elite Design, according to the gold medallion on the door.†
Chpt 69-70
- According to Teabing, it contained a map to the Holy Grail, unveiling the tomb of Mary Magdalene and the Sangreal treasure… the ultimate treasure trove of secret truth.†
Chpt 77-78
- So far, Leigh was being playfully cagey about where he thought they would find the "knight's tomb," which, according to the poem, would provide the password for opening the smaller cryptex.†
Chpt 81-82
- André Vernet, according to official records, was a model citizen.†
Chpt 87-88
- According to this rhyme, a knight did something that incurred displeasure with God, and yet a Pope was kind enough to bury him in London.†
Chpt 91-92
- On one hand, it felt like a signpost, and yet, according to the poem, the missing piece of the puzzle was an orb that ought to be on his tomb… not one that was already there.†
Chpt 93-94
Definition:
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(accord as in: according to, or in accord with) in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity withThis meaning of accord is often seen in the form according to or accordingly where it can take on more specific meanings. For example:
- "According to Kim, ..." -- as stated by
- "To each according to her ability." -- based upon
- "Points are scored according to how well they perform." -- depending upon
- "The dose is calculated according to body weight." -- in proportion to
- "We got a flat tire. Accordingly, I pulled to the side of the road." -- because of what was just said; or as a result