Antonyms for covenant
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : kuhv-uh-nuhnt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌv ə nənt |
Definition of covenant
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French covenant "agreement," originally present participle of covenir "agree, meet," from Latin convenire "come together" (see convene). Applied in Scripture to God's arrangements with man as a translation of Latin testamentum, Greek diatheke, both rendering Hebrew berith (though testament also is used for the same word in different places).
- noun pact, promise
- verb agree
- While men are often unfaithful to their covenant, God never is.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- Covenant was staring right and left with great questioning eyes.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Look upon the Covenant, for all the earth is full of darkness and cruel habitations.
- Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
- No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The covenant is Wilson's souvenir to the future of the world.
- Extract from : « Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements » by Frank B. Lord and James William Bryan
- A covenant is made by sacrifice, to which the deity and all the members of his people are parties.
- Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
- The Covenant of Paris is a good foundation, well and truly laid.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, April 7, 1920 » by Various
- Where covenant is, there must be brought in the death of the covenant-victim.
- Extract from : « Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews » by Handley C.G. Moule
- Unvowing a vow must be equivalent to signing a covenant with the powers of darkness.
- Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray
- The covenant people, Israel, were the specially invited guests.
- Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
Synonyms for covenant
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