Definition of covenant

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Covenant (n.) A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc..

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Reentry :: Reentry (n.) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease..
Confederate :: Confederate (v. i.) To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.
Indissoluble :: Indissoluble (a.) Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble league or covenant..
Article :: Article (v. i.) To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.
Covenantor :: Covenantor (n.) The party who makes a covenant.
Reestablish :: Reestablish (v. t.) To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reestablish a covenant; to reestablish health..
Stipule :: Stipulator (n.) One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants..
Discovenant :: Discovenant (v. t.) To dissolve covenant with.
Warranty :: Warranty (n.) A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant..
Undertake :: Undertake (v. t.) Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract..
Covenanted :: Covenanted (imp. & p. p.) of Covenan.
Covenantee :: Covenantee (n.) The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
Warranter :: Warranter (n.) One who assures, or covenants to assure; one who contracts to secure another in a right, or to make good any defect of title or quality; one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as, the warranter of a horse..
Promise :: Promise (v. t.) To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money..
Concord :: Concord (n.) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league.
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
Token :: Token (n.) Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah..
Pact :: Pact (v.) An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant.
Trucebreaker :: Trucebreaker (n.) One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops..
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