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covenants of salt

covenants of salt is the plural of covenant of salt.

Meaning of covenant of salt

Noun

covenant of salt (plural covenants of salt)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) A long-lasting agreement.
    • ... God gave the Kingdom unto David for ever, or by a Covenant of Salt.1658, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths, page 306

Questions about covenants of salt

What is covenants of salt the plural of?
Covenants of salt is the plural of covenant of salt.

Words near covenants of salt in the dictionary

  1. covenantist
  2. covenantists
  3. covenantor
  4. covenantors
  5. covenants
  6. covenants of salt
  7. covenants of title
  8. covenants of warranty
  9. covenaunt
  10. covenaunted
  11. covenaunting

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