Meaning

4 senses
  1. An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.

    Übereinkommen

    договорённостьdogovorjónnostʹ

  2. A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.

  3. A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties (often one that is religious or religiously-based).

    Bund

    догово́рdogovór

    a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

  4. An incidental clause in an agreement.

    Zusage

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Supersessionism or replacement theology is often contrasted with two-covenant theology.

  2. And I will make my covenant between me and thee: and I will multiply thee exceedingly.

  3. The Ark of the Covenant contains the two stone tablets with the Ten Commandments inscribed.

    deDie Bundeslade enthält die beiden Steintafeln mit den Zehn Geboten. — Yorwba

  4. There is no Jewish religion separate from the notion of a nation bound to it by covenant.

  5. Again God said to Abraham: And thou therefore shalt keep my covenant, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
agreement to do or not to do:
binding agreement:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
agreement to do or not to do:
binding agreement:
incidental clause:

Origin

From Middle English covenaunt, borrowed from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin

From Middle English covenaunt, borrowed from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin conveniēns, convenientem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). Cognate with convenient and convene.

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Forms

plural: covenants

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action:compactconcordat

Word family

12 related words

See also

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