covenant
English
Alternative forms
- covenaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin conveniēns, conveniēntem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). Cognate with convenient.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/
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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
Related terms
- Ark of the Covenant
- covenant of salt
- covenant of title
- New Covenant
Translations
agreement to do or not to do
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
- L'Estrange
- Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, […] as the tenant should direct.
- Bible, Matthew xxvi. 15
- and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver
- L'Estrange
- (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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Further reading
- covenant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- covenant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- covenant at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “covenant” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin conveniēns, conveniēntem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”).
Noun
covenant m (oblique plural covenanz or covenantz, nominative singular covenanz or covenantz, nominative plural covenant)
- covenant
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 220 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 2895:
- Del convenant vus deit membrer
- You must remember the convenant
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