covenant

  • 21Covenant — A covenant is a solemn agreement to engage in or refrain from a specified action. It is commonly found in religious contexts, where it refers to sacred agreements between a god and human beings. It may also refer to: Contents 1 Religion 2 Law and …

    Wikipedia

  • 22Covenant —    A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means to cut, and hence a covenant is a cutting, with reference to the cutting or dividing… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 23covenant — An agreed action to be undertaken ( Positive) or not done ( Negative). A breach of a covenant is a default. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A stipulation in a loan agreement which restricts the borrower s freedom of action while the loan is… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 24covenant — The Hebrew word berith denotes an arrangement between two parties, e.g. Abraham and Abimelech (Gen. 21:25 ff., but the OT is largely the story of a covenant, or agreement, between God and the people of Israel. There was such a covenant with Noah… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 25covenant —    The covenant has been a popular metaphor in Protestant thought. it found its most thorough expression in what was termed covenant theology within the Reformed tradition.    The idea of covenant makes particular reference to the Abrahamic… …

    Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • 26covenant — /kavanant/ An agreement, convention, or promise of two or more parties, by deed in writing, signed, and delivered, by which either of the parties pledges himself to the other that something is either done, or shall be done, or shall not be done,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 27covenant — /kavanant/ An agreement, convention, or promise of two or more parties, by deed in writing, signed, and delivered, by which either of the parties pledges himself to the other that something is either done, or shall be done, or shall not be done,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 28Covenant — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Covenant est un mot anglais (emprunté au français) signifiant convention, et comme en français, avec le sens de serment, accord, alliance, etc. et avec… …

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  • 29Covenant — Не следует путать с The Kovenant. У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Ковенант (значения). Covenant …

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  • 30covenant — I UK [ˈkʌvənənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms covenant : singular covenant plural covenants 1) a) legal a legal agreement between two people, for example one relating to a house, land, or property b) a legal agreement to give money regularly… …

    English dictionary