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Definition of Covenanting
1. a. Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters.
Definition of Covenanting
1. Verb. (present participle of covenant) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Covenanting
1. covenant [v] - See also: covenant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Covenanting
Literary usage of Covenanting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"Mr. W. says a great deal in opposition to me, to shew that swearing by God's
name, swearing to the Lord, and the like, do not mean covenanting with God ..."
2. The Life and Writings of Rev. Joseph Gordon by Joseph Gordon (1860)
"covenanting. The subject of public covenanting, at the present time, has been
brought to the notice of our readers by our correspondents, in this and last ..."
3. A Compendium of Precedents in Conveyancing: Comprising the Forms Required in by Thomas Key (1883)
"PARTIES, A., one covenanting party, 1; B. and C., trustees, other covenanting
parties, 2 ; D., purchaser, 3. Recite conveyance of even date to D., ..."
4. The Lord Advocates of Scotland: From the Close of the Fifteenth Century to by George William Thomson Omond (1883)
"The chief authors of the Covenant were five men whose positions in life make them
representatives of the classes from which the leaders of the covenanting ..."
5. History of the Scottish Church by William Stephen (1896)
"... and clergy — covenanting army "harries" Aberdeen — Covenanters seek military
aid from French king — covenanting army marches into England — Its leading ..."
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