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Covenant

noun

A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action. Synonyms: compact, concordat.

(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)

Enter into a covenant.

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

... it contains. Sacrifice is the supreme act of self-surrender to another, of utter self-immolation, and it can have no other legitimate object than God Himself. The central notion of sacrifice is the surrender of self. The sacrifices of the Old Covenant were of value because they were the representatives of the nation and of the individuals who offered them; because of the self-identification of nation or individual with the thing offered, which must therefore be in some sense the offerer's, must, so to say, ...

— Our Lady Saint Mary • J. G. H. Barry

... through. At last the time of trial came, and she descended with her friend, and stood up with her before the minister of God, who was to say the fitting words and receive the solemn vows required in the marriage covenant. From the time Margaret took her place on the floor, she felt her power over herself failing. Most earnestly did she struggle for calmness and self-control, but the very fear that inspired this struggle made it ineffectual. When the minister in a deeply impressive voice, said, "I pronounce you husband ...

— Home Lights and Shadows • T. S. Arthur

... an attitude of determined resistance to the imposition of the liturgy and of Episcopal church government. All the kingdom flocked to Edinburgh, as in a general cause that concerned their salvation. A general assembly was called and a National Covenant was subscribed. Men were listed towards the raising of an army, Colonel Leslie being chosen general. The king thought it time to chastise the seditious by force, and in the end of the year 1638 declared his resolution to raise an army to ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. - Modern History • Arthur Mee

... said; This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is ...

— The Rainbow • D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

... fulfillment of the above covenant, I have pledged and do pledge my person, my property, and my interest in the vessel aforesaid, with all its appurtenances. In witness whereof, I have signed three agreements all of the same purport, on the condition that when the terms of one are ...

— The Survivors of the Chancellor • Jules Verne

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