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covenant |
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covenant [kuv-ven-ant] Noun 1. Chiefly Brit a formal agreement to make an annual payment to charity 2. Law a formal sealed agreement 3. Bible God's promise to the Israelites and their commitment to worship him alone Verb to agree by a legal covenant [Latin convenire to come together, agree] covenanter n
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covenant noun 1. promise, contract, agreement, commitment, arrangement, treaty, pledge, bargain, convention, pact, compact, concordat, trust Translationsvt to covenant £20 per year to a charity → concertar el pago de veinte libras anuales a una sociedad benéfica vt to covenant £200 per year to a charity → s'engager à verser 200 livres par an à une œuvre de bienfaisance vt to covenant £200 per year to a charity → sich vertraglich verpflichten, £200 im Jahr für wohltätige Zwecke zu spenden vt to covenant to do sth → impegnarsi (per iscritto) a fare qc |
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Now, if you and me was to walk over with yon lad, I could see the captain at the Hawes, or maybe on board the Covenant if there was papers to be signed; and so far from a loss of time, we can jog on to the lawyer, Mr. The months went by, binding stronger and stronger the covenant between dog and man. It has also been doubted what was and what was not the act of the city; as, for instance, when a democracy arises out of an aristocracy or a tyranny; for some persons then refuse to fulfil their contracts; as if the right to receive the money was in the tyrant and not in the state, and many other things of the same nature; as if any covenant was founded for violence and not for the common good. |
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