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Definition of Covenanters
1. covenanter [n] - See also: covenanter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Covenanters
Literary usage of Covenanters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"War was impending with Charles, and Huntly had raised an army against the covenanters.
Again Montrose showed his powers of conciliation, and on 6 April an ..."
2. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"But, unhappily for Charles, before Montrose could prosecute his success so far
as to oblige the covenanters to withdraw any part of their forces, ..."
3. The Life and Times of William Laud, D.D.: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury by John Parker Lawson (1829)
"3 The Scottish covenanters—Their practices—The Marquis of Hamilton sent to
Scotland—His sentiments on the state of the kingdom—Violence of the ..."
4. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"Sharpe, archbishop of St. Andrews, was deservedly obnoxious to the covenanters.
Having been deputed by the Scottish clergy at the Restoration, ..."
5. History of the Scottish Church by W. Stephen (1896)
"THE marquis of Hamilton in his report of the Glasgow Assembly to the king charged
the covenanters with tyranny and the bishops with folly. ..."
6. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"It had also been expected that the covenanters of the West would hasten to swell
the ranks of the army of King William. Both expectations were disappointed. ..."
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