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Synonyms for covenant

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kuhv-uh-nuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌv ə nənt

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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