Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - covenant
Covenant
covenant
n. & v. --n. 1 an agreement; a contract. 2 Law a a contract drawn up under a seal, esp. undertaking to make regular payments to a charity. b a clause of a covenant. 3 (Covenant) Bibl. the agreement between God and the Israelites (see Ark of the Covenant). --v.tr. & intr. agree, esp. by legal covenant. Phrases and idioms land of the Covenant Canaan. Derivatives covenantal adj. covenantor n. Etymology: ME f. OF, pres. part. of co(n)venir, formed as CONVENE
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from present participle of covenir to be fitting, from Latin convenire Date: 14th century a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement ; compact, 2. a written agreement or promise usually under seal between two or more parties especially for the performance of some action, the common-law action to recover damages for breach of such a contract, ~al adjective II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to promise by a ~ ; pledge, intransitive verb to enter into a ~ ; contract ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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