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Covenant
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.
(2):
(v. t.) To grant or promise by covenant.
(3):
(n.) A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.
(4):
(n.) A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.
(7):
(n.) The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.
(8):
(n.) An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; - usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant."
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Covenant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/covenant.html. 1828.
