Definition of covenant

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Covenant (n.) An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement..

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Revocable :: Revocable (a.) Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant..
Uncovenanted :: Uncovenanted (a.) Not having joined in a league, or assented to a covenant or agreement, as to the Solemn League and Covenant of the Scottish people in the times of the Stuarts..
Stipulation :: Stipulate (v. i.) To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France..
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..
Covenant :: Covenant (v. t.) To grant or promise by covenant.
Covenantor :: Covenantor (n.) The party who makes a covenant.
Article :: Article (n.) To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic..
Stipule :: Stipulator (n.) One who stipulates, contracts, or covenants..
Compact :: Compact (n.) An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
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..
Quitclaim :: Quitclaim (v. t.) To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles..
Violation :: Violation (n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc..
Recite :: Recite (v. t.) To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant..
Inviolable :: Inviolable (a.) Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow..
Conventionist :: Conventionist (n.) One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract..
Testament :: Testament (n.) One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter..
Covenantee :: Covenantee (n.) The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
Indissoluble :: Indissoluble (a.) Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble league or covenant..
Covenant :: Covenant (n.) A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc..
Abrahamic :: Abrahamic (a.) Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant..
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