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- Dictionarycovenant/ˈkʌvənənt/
noun
- 1. an agreement: "there was a covenant between them that her name was never to be mentioned"
verb
- 1. agree by lease, deed, or other legal contract: "the landlord covenants to repair the property"
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1. : an official agreement or compact. an international covenant on human rights. 2. a. : a contract in its entirety or a promise within a contract for the performance or nonperformance of a particular act. a covenant not to sue.
COVENANT definition: 1. a formal agreement or promise between two or more people: 2. a formal agreement to pay a fixed…. Learn more.
COVENANT meaning: 1. a formal agreement or promise between two or more people: 2. a formal agreement to pay a fixed…. Learn more.
an agreement or promise, usually formal, between two or more people or groups to do or not do something specified. Synonyms: convention, pact, treaty. Law. a secondary clause in a legal contract. Ecclesiastical. a solemn agreement between the members of a Christian church to act together in harmony with the precepts of the gospel.
A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.
A covenant is an agreement between two people, or companies, or even countries. It is formal, solemn, sometimes even sacred.
covenant. noun. /ˈkʌvənənt/. /ˈkʌvənənt/. a promise to somebody, or a legal agreement, especially one to pay a regular amount of money to somebody/something. God’s covenant with Abraham in the Bible. a covenant to a charity. see also deed of covenant. Extra Examples.
1. an agreement, usu. formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified. 2. the conditional promises made to humanity by God, as revealed in Scripture. 3. a formal agreement of legal validity, esp. one under seal. v.i. 4. to enter into a covenant. v.t.
COVENANT meaning: 1 : a formal and serious agreement or promise; 2 : a formal written agreement between two or more people, businesses, countries, etc.
Covenant Definition. A binding and solemn agreement to do or keep from doing a specified thing; compact. An agreement among members of a church to defend and maintain its doctrines, polity, and faith. An agreement of Presbyterians in Scotland in 1638 to oppose episcopacy.
