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Type Words
Synonyms compact, concordat
Type of written agreement
Type Words
Type of agreement, understanding
Type Words
Type of plight, pledge
Has types bat mitzvah, bar mitzvah, confirm
Type Words
Type of plight, pledge
Has types commune, communicate


They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver.
The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world.

Examples of covenant

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Covenant Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir, soloists and orchestra will perform.
From the tennessean.com
Covenant, a private Christian school, defeated Dallas Academy, 100-0, last week.
From the kansas.com
Covenant students have raised more than $4,000 for the trip through fundraisers.
From the charlotteobserver.com
For some hardliners, the covenant does not go far enough in penalising liberals.
From the economist.com
The covenant could certainly make existing owners wary of making too-risky bets.
From the businessweek.com
The magi stand outside the lines of the covenant, yet they are led by the light.
From the stltoday.com
Reformed writings commonly refer to an intra-Trinitarian covenant of redemption.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A covenant is like a promise that must be kept by each new buyer of a property.
From the dailytelegraph.com.au
Covenant Christian slipped to 2-4 after a 61-34 setback at the hands of Rosehill.
From the chron.com
More examples
  • Enter into a covenant
  • A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
  • (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
  • In the television series Alias, The Covenant is a large, powerful, and secretive intelligence/terrorist organization.
  • Covenant is the title of an album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown, released in 2000. "Rexroth's Daughter" was covered by Joan Baez on her album Dark Chords on a Big Guitar.
  • The Covenant is a fictional theocratic military alliance of alien races who serve as the main antagonists in the Halo science fiction series. ...
  • In a historical context, a covenant applies to formal promises that were made under oath, or in less remote history, agreements in which the name actually uses the term 'covenant', implying that they were binding for all time.
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints encourages its members to make and keep several covenants as a part of the new and everlasting covenant of the gospel. In Latter Day Saint theology, making and keeping covenants is necessary for exaltation.
  • A covenant, in its most general sense, is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action.