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Chart #21May We Steal, Kill, Covet, etc?
Chart #22 What Constitutes a Covenant Covenant - n. 1. an agreement between two or more persons to do or refrain from doing some; a compact; a contract. 2. an incidental clause of agreement in such an agreement. 3. Eccles. a solemn agreement between the members of a church, as that they will act together in harmony with the precepts of the gospel. 4. (sap?) one of certain bonds of agreement signed by the Scottish Presbyterians for the defense or promotion of their religion esp. the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 (entered into with England). 5. (in Biblical usage) the agreement or engagement of God with man as set forth in the Old and New Testament. 6. Law, a. a format agreement of legal validity, esp. one under seal. b. an early English form of action in suits involving sealed contracts. 7. (cap) in full, Covenant of the League of Nations, the "Constitution" of the League of Nations, included as the first 26 articles in the Treaty of Versailles. -v.i.8. to enter into a covenant. - v.t.9 to agree to by covenant; stipulate. American College Dictionary p. 279 (1968) Covenant: n. 1a. an agreement that is usu. formal, solemn, and intended as binding: compact <international law, which depends upon the sanctity of ~$ between rulers - G. H. Sabine> < the ~among the people to defend their religion> b. in a particular stipulation in a covenant - obs. except in law. 2. obs: SECURITY, PLEDGE 3. an undertaking or promise of legal validity: as (1): a contract under seal distinguished from other specialties by the promise or untertaknig contained in it (2): a particular agreement contained in a specialty or deed incidental to its main purpose - see USUAL COVENANT (3): the document or writing containing the terms of the agreement or promise. b. the common law form of action to recover damages for breach of such a contract. 4: a solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith and discipline; also: the document recording such a compact. 5. The promises of God as revealed in Scriptures conditioned on certain terms on the part of man (as obedience, repentance, and faith); specif: an agreement regarded as having been made between God and his people Israel (as represented by Abraham, David, and others) whereby Israel was to be faithful to God and God was to protect and bless his faithful people. 2. covenant - vt. 1: to promise solemnly by or as if by a covenant: people in formal agreement (~ing that their hostages would be present><~ing to sell only to certain buyers> 2: to lay down as a condition: stipulate <before signing, he ~ ed that he would remain in possession> ~vi: to enter into a covenant: to come to formal agreement: CONTRACT <his retainers ~ing in loyalty to the king> syn. see promise. Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged 1981 p. 524 Covenant 1. a binding and solemn agreement by two or more persons, parties,
etc. to do or keep form doing some specified thing; a contract; compact. 2. in
theology, the promises of God to man, usually carrying with them conditions to
be fulfilled by man, as recorded in the Bible. 3. a solemn agreement between the
members of the church, that they will hold to points of doctrine, faith, etc. 4.
in law, (a) a writing, under seal, containing the terms of agreement or contract
between parties; also, a clause containing a subordinate agreement or
stipulation in a deed or other sealed instrument; (b) a suit claiming damages
for breach of contract under seal. 5. [C-] an agreement of Presbyterians
in Scotland in 1638 to oppose episcopacy: also called National Covenant.
6. [C-] an agreement between the parliaments of Scotland and England in 1643 to
extend and preserve Presbyterianism in England: also called Solemn League and
Covenant. 7. [C-] the Covenant of the League of Nations.
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