covenant
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English
Alternative forms
- covenaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
covenant (plural covenants)
- (law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
- (law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
- A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
- An incidental clause in an agreement.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Ark of the Covenant
- biblical covenant
- Covenantal nomism
- covenant-lite
- Covenant marriage
- covenant of grace
- covenant of salt
- covenant of title
- covenant of warranty
- Covenant theology
- exclusionary covenants
- halfway covenant
- Mosaic covenant
- Mosaic covenant
- New Covenant
- New Covenant theology
- Old Covenant
- personal covenant
- real covenant
- religious covenant
- restrictive covenant
Translations
agreement to do or not to do
promise incidental to a deed or contract
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binding agreement
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incidental clause
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Verb
covenant (third-person singular simple present covenants, present participle covenanting, simple past and past participle covenanted)
- To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: , London: R Sare, , →OCLC:
- Jupiter Covenanted with him, that it should be Hot or Cold, Wet or Dry, […] as the Tenant should Direct.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Matthew 26:15:
- and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver
- (law) To enter a formal agreement.
- (law) To bind oneself in contract.
- (law) To make a stipulation.
Related terms
Translations
to enter into a covenant
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to enter a formal agreement
Further reading
- “covenant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “covenant”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “covenant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “covenant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin conveniēns, conveniēntem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”).
Verb
covenant
Noun
covenant oblique singular, m (oblique plural covenanz or covenantz, nominative singular covenanz or covenantz, nominative plural covenant)