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covenanter
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cov·e·nant·er  (kv-nntr)
n.
1. One who makes a covenant.
2. Covenanter A Scottish Presbyterian who supported either of two agreements, the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643, intended to defend and extend Presbyterianism.
Covenanter
Noun
Scot history a person upholding either of two 17th-century covenants to establish and defend Presbyterianism


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In addition, the whole effort may prove beside the point if covenanters who change their minds can simply hop the border and file for divorce in another state whose laws do not recognize a covenant option; under current practice, most states would probably apply their own no-fault laws, even at the cost of ignoring the couple's original intent.
Free to commit: "covenant marriage" could strengthen families. So why ... by Olson, Walter / Reason
Although the central players at Court and in the negotiations with the Covenanters were the nobility, this book correctly recognizes the growing significance of the gentry and burgesses within an oligarchic revolutionary movement.
An Uncounselled King: Charles I and the Scottish Troubles, 1637-1641 by MacInnes, Allan I. / Renaissance Quarterly
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