Definition of Covenant

1. Noun. A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action.

Exact synonyms: Compact, Concordat
Generic synonyms: Written Agreement
Specialized synonyms: Lateran Treaty

2. Verb. Enter into a covenant.
Category relationships: Faith, Organized Religion, Religion
Generic synonyms: Pledge, Plight
Specialized synonyms: Confirm, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah

3. Noun. (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return.

4. Verb. Enter into a covenant or formal agreement. "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"
Specialized synonyms: Commune, Communicate, Communicate
Generic synonyms: Pledge, Plight

Definition of Covenant

1. n. A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.

2. v. i. To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.

3. v. t. To grant or promise by covenant.

Definition of Covenant

1. Noun. (legal) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing. ¹

2. Noun. (legal) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied. ¹

3. Noun. A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties. ¹

4. Noun. An incidental clause in an agreement. ¹

5. Verb. to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant ¹

6. Verb. (legal) To enter a formal agreement. ¹

7. Verb. (legal) To bind oneself in contract. ¹

8. Verb. (legal) To make a stipulation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Covenant

1. to enter into a binding agreement [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Covenant

covarying
cove
cove plane
covector
coved
covelet
covelets
covelike
covelline
covellines
covellite
covellites
coven
covenableness
covenably
covenant (current term)
covenant of salt
covenant of title
covenantal
covenanted
covenantee
covenantees
covenanter
covenanters
covenanteth
covenanting
covenantor
covenantors
covenants
covenants of title

Literary usage of Covenant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"The very relation of God to man was fitted into this frame of contract or covenant. Jehovah had vouchsafed to make covenant with Noah and Abraham; ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Both of these comprehensive types are also present in the covenant made between God and man, since in every sacrifiée the blood or life of the victim was ..."

3. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of by Robert M. Hartley, American Bible Society, Wightman family (1875)
"7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, ..."

4. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"RELEASE. anil sufficient repair, amount to a covenant (r) Sec Ind. tit. ... A recital in a lease of mines of an covenant could be implied from the recital ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"To support the claim of the widow the concluding words must be raised up to a covenant to leave her such a portion of the personal estate as she would be ..."

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