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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 [ˈkʌvənəntə ˌkʌvəˈnæntə]
n
(Historical Terms) a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism
Translations
covenanter [ˈkʌvɪnəntəʳ] N (Scot) (Hist) → firmante mf de un pacto


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This, as you know, is the important point of distinction between the Covenanter and the Cavalier.
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And indeed it must be owned that both my scruples and the words in which I declared them, smacked somewhat of the Covenanter, and were little in their place among wild Highland Jacobites.
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