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halfway covenants

halfway covenants is the plural of halfway covenant.

Meaning of halfway covenant

Noun

halfway covenant (plural halfway covenants)

  1. (historical) A form of partial church membership adopted by the Puritan-controlled Congregational churches of colonial New England in the 1660s, allowing baptized but unconverted parents to present their own children for baptism, but denying them the other privileges of church membership.

Questions about halfway covenants

What is halfway covenants the plural of?
Halfway covenants is the plural of halfway covenant.

Words near halfway covenants in the dictionary

  1. halftracks
  2. halfwave
  3. halfwaves
  4. halfway
  5. halfway covenant
  6. halfway covenants
  7. Halfway Creek
  8. halfway decent
  9. halfway house
  10. halfway houses
  11. halfway line

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