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Covenant   /kˈəvənənt/   Listen
Covenant

noun
1.
A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action.  Synonyms: compact, concordat.
2.
(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return.
verb
(past & past part. covenanted; pres. part. covenanting)
1.
Enter into a covenant.
2.
Enter into a covenant or formal agreement.  "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"



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"Covenant" Quotes from Famous Books



... barons now entered into solemn covenant to stand by each other "saving however their fealty to the king." A constable and a marshal were appointed to command the city force, which was to stand prepared night and day to muster at the sound of the great bell of St. Paul's. ...
— London and the Kingdom - Volume I • Reginald R. Sharpe
... good life. He may reverence good men and may try to resemble them; he may pray, and his prayers may be answered; he may have the spirit of God, and may receive another heart, and yet he may be under the covenant of works, and may be eternally lost. This Bunyan could say while he was writing theology; but art has its rules as well as its more serious sister, and when he had to draw a living specimen, he drew him as he had seen him in his ...
— Bunyan • James Anthony Froude
... This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for ...
— The Rainbow • D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
... public ordinances of religion. These are the channels through which he conveys the riches of his grace and precious love to my soul. These I have often found to be indeed the time of refreshing and strengthening from the presence of the Lord. Then I can see my hope of an interest in the covenant of his love, and praise him for his mercy ...
— The Annals of the Poor • Legh Richmond
... of my medicine," said Hugh, smiling. "Listen, Fleda 'All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant ...
— Queechy, Volume II • Elizabeth Wetherell


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