Covenant
noun
A formal agreement or promise between two or more people or groups.
The tenant entered into a covenant with the landlord about the maintenance of the property.
Often appears as...
- sign a covenant
- break a covenant
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Formal
noun
In the Bible, a promise made by God to humanity or to a specific group of people.
God made a covenant with Abraham and his descendants.
Often appears as...
- covenant with god
- biblical covenant
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Formal, Approving
Biblical
noun
A formal agreement or promise between two or more people or groups.
The tenant entered into a covenant with the landlord about the maintenance of the property.
Often appears as...
- sign a covenant
- break a covenant
Usage tips
Formal
noun
In the Bible, a promise made by God to humanity or to a specific group of people.
God made a covenant with Abraham and his descendants.
Often appears as...
- covenant with god
- biblical covenant
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Biblical
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Pro Tip 1/3Binding Promise
A covenant in legal terms is a serious commitment with legal consequences if broken.
The two companies formed a covenant not to reveal trade secrets.
Pro Tip 2/3Contractual Terms
Covenants often specify actions parties must take or avoid.
The covenant included a clause requiring the owner to repaint the house every five years.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Trust
Entering a covenant implies a high level of mutual trust and is usually well thought out.
Farmers made a covenant to share the irrigation system.
Pro Tip 1/3Binding Promise
A covenant in legal terms is a serious commitment with legal consequences if broken.
The two companies formed a covenant not to reveal trade secrets.
Pro Tip 2/3Contractual Terms
Covenants often specify actions parties must take or avoid.
The covenant included a clause requiring the owner to repaint the house every five years.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Trust
Entering a covenant implies a high level of mutual trust and is usually well thought out.
Farmers made a covenant to share the irrigation system.
Pro Tip 1/3Binding Promise
A covenant in legal terms is a serious commitment with legal consequences if broken.
The two companies formed a covenant not to reveal trade secrets.
Pro Tip 2/3Contractual Terms
Covenants often specify actions parties must take or avoid.
The covenant included a clause requiring the owner to repaint the house every five years.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Trust
Entering a covenant implies a high level of mutual trust and is usually well thought out.
Farmers made a covenant to share the irrigation system.
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A Wild Ark Chase PIPE...
cause world war 3 all this because of an object that scholars still can't agree actually existed or not I believe the Ark of the Covenant was a real object because the book of Exodus takes great effort to give us the dimensions how was to be constructed it was to be made of a
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Why are US cities still...
favorable lending rates for buying homes. But it was difficult for people of color to take advantage of such resources. Racial covenants restricted them from certain neighborhoods. And, at the same time, government programs labelled neighborhoods of color
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My $500 house in Detroit...
white and black, running directly across municipal streets and through neighborhoods. They're mere physical manifestations of racist housing practices such as redlining, restrictive covenants and outright terror.
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A Wild Ark Chase PIPE...
cause world war 3 all this because of an object that scholars still can't agree actually existed or not I believe the Ark of the Covenant was a real object because the book of Exodus takes great effort to give us the dimensions how was to be constructed it was to be made of a
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Why are US cities still...
favorable lending rates for buying homes. But it was difficult for people of color to take advantage of such resources. Racial covenants restricted them from certain neighborhoods. And, at the same time, government programs labelled neighborhoods of color
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My $500 house in Detroit...
white and black, running directly across municipal streets and through neighborhoods. They're mere physical manifestations of racist housing practices such as redlining, restrictive covenants and outright terror.
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Quote examples
Winona LaDuke
American Activist
Mother Earth needs us to keep our covenant. We will do this in courts, we will do this on our radio station, and we will commit to our descendants to work hard to protect this land and water for them. Whether you have feet, wings, fins, or roots, we are all in it together.
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L. Lionel Kendrick
American Clergyman
At times, our circumstances call for us to make critical choices to keep our covenants or to compromise them. Covenants should never be compromised, even when at the moment some circumstances might seem to justify it.
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William Tyndale
English Clergyman
In the old covenants the people were sprinkled with blood of calves without, in their bodies, to bind them to keep the law; else we were bound to just damnation, for the breaking of it.
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Michael C. Burgess
American Politician
And, finally, as a Republican, I believe it is important to keep our word and keep our covenant, and that is exactly what we should do with the Wright amendment today.
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
A covenant is an agreement between God and His children upon the earth, and it is important to understand that God determines the conditions of all gospel covenants.
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Anne Hutchinson
American Clergyman
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.
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Jimmy John Liautaud
American Businessman
We will continue to pursue anybody who violates our franchise covenants, trade agreements, or anything, for that matter, that is ours.
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Israel Folau
Australian Athlete
God's word says for a man and a woman to be together, one man and one woman in the covenant of marriage to be together.
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
As a member of the Church, you have made sacred covenants with the Lord.
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Emanuel Cleaver
American Politician
Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.
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Winona LaDuke
American Activist
Mother Earth needs us to keep our covenant. We will do this in courts, we will do this on our radio station, and we will commit to our descendants to work hard to protect this land and water for them. Whether you have feet, wings, fins, or roots, we are all in it together.
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L. Lionel Kendrick
American Clergyman
At times, our circumstances call for us to make critical choices to keep our covenants or to compromise them. Covenants should never be compromised, even when at the moment some circumstances might seem to justify it.
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William Tyndale
English Clergyman
In the old covenants the people were sprinkled with blood of calves without, in their bodies, to bind them to keep the law; else we were bound to just damnation, for the breaking of it.
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Michael C. Burgess
American Politician
And, finally, as a Republican, I believe it is important to keep our word and keep our covenant, and that is exactly what we should do with the Wright amendment today.
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
A covenant is an agreement between God and His children upon the earth, and it is important to understand that God determines the conditions of all gospel covenants.
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Anne Hutchinson
American Clergyman
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.
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Jimmy John Liautaud
American Businessman
We will continue to pursue anybody who violates our franchise covenants, trade agreements, or anything, for that matter, that is ours.
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Israel Folau
Australian Athlete
God's word says for a man and a woman to be together, one man and one woman in the covenant of marriage to be together.
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
As a member of the Church, you have made sacred covenants with the Lord.
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Emanuel Cleaver
American Politician
Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.
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