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Definition of Covenanter
1. n. One who makes a covenant.
Definition of Covenanter
1. Noun. One who makes a covenant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Covenanter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Covenanter
Literary usage of Covenanter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Drummond of Hawthornden: The Story of His Life and Writings by David Masson (1873)
"... DRUMMOND UNDER SUSPICION: LASSWADE PARISH AND THE PRESBYTERY OF DALKEITH:
DRUMMOND AS A PSEUDO-covenanter OH covenanter BY COMPULSION: SECRET SQUIBS OF ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"THE covenanter From <Old Mortality ' "My native land, good-night!" — LoRD BYRON.
THE Privy Council of Scotland, in whom the practice, since the union of the ..."
3. Soldiers of the Church: The Story of what the Reformed Presbyterians by John Wagner Pritchard (1919)
"A complete roll of the covenanter champions of democracy would go back at least to
... He was no longer a member of the covenanter Communion, but was still ..."
4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... back for the protection of their own estates, Montrose taking their parole to
continue faithful to the king or at least never to join the covenanter«. ..."
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