covenant
/ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/
covenant noun: an agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
Noun
covenant (plural covenants)
- An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
- A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
- A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties (often one that is religious or religiously-based).
- An incidental clause in an agreement.
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.
- Jupiter Covenanted with him, that it should be Hot or Cold, Wet or Dry, […] as the Tenant should Direct.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
- and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 26:15
- To enter a formal agreement.
- To bind oneself in contract.
- To make a stipulation.
covenant meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
covenant in Tamil
- binding agreement
- உடன்படிக்கை uṭaṉpaṭikkai
covenant in Urdu
- covenant
- عہد ’ahd, مہر mahr
covenant in Bengali
- চুক্তি, অঙ্গীকার
covenant in Telugu
- ఒడంబడిక
More languagesFewer languages
- covenant in Malayalam
- നിശ്ചയം, ധാരണ, ഉഭയസമ്മതം
- covenant in Kannada
- ಒಪ್ಪಂದ, ಒಡಂಬಡಿಕೆ, ಕರಾರು, ವಿಧಿಯುಕ್ತ
- covenant in Sanskrit
- मर्यादा maryā́dā
- covenant in Arabic
- مِيثَاق mīṯāq, عَهْد ʕahd
- covenant in Indonesian
- perjanjian
Examples of covenant in a sentence
- According to the Bible, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant with Noah.
- Parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.
- Certain covenants run with the land.
Synonyms of covenant
Forms of covenant
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | covenants |
| alternative form | covenaunt |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | covenants |
| present participle | covenanting |
| past participle | covenanted |
| past | covenanted |
Origin of covenant
From Middle English covenaunt, borrowed from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin conveniēns, convenientem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). Cognate with convenient and convene.
Words formed from covenant
- Ark of the Covenant
- biblical covenant
- covenantal
- Covenantal nomism
- Covenanter
- covenantism
- covenantist
- covenant-lite
- Covenant marriage
- covenant of grace
- covenant of salt
- covenant of title
- covenant of warranty
- covenantor
- Covenant theology
- discovenant
- exclusionary covenants
- halfway covenant
- Mosaic covenant
- New Covenant
- New Covenant theology
- Old Covenant
- personal covenant
- real covenant
- religious covenant
- restrictive covenant
- suit covenant
Phrases with covenant
Questions about covenant
- What does covenant mean?
- Covenant means an agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
- What is covenant in Tamil?
- Covenant in Tamil is உடன்படிக்கை (uṭaṉpaṭikkai). See Covenant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is covenant?
- Covenant can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce covenant?
- Covenant is pronounced /ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/.
- What is the plural of covenant?
- The plural of covenant is covenants.
Words near covenant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: covenant (page history and authors); عہد (Urdu) (page history and authors); Covenant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); covenant (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); covenant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); covenant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मर्यादा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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