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Series of treaties between England and the Iroquois
The Covenant Chain was a series of alliances and treaties developed during the seventeenth century, primarily between the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee)
Covenant_Chain
Indigenous confederacy in North America
allied with the Haudenosaunee in what was known as the Covenant Chain. During the Covenant Chain, the English and Haudenosaunee reinforced each other.
Haudenosaunee
Indigenous ethnic group of eastern North America
(Passamaquoddy) signed numerous treaties, commonly referred to as the Covenant Chain of Peace and Friendship Treaties, through which they entered into a
Mi'kmaq
British Army officer and colonial administrator
to New York City, where they announced to Governor Clinton that the Covenant Chain—the diplomatic relationship between the British and the Iroquois—was
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
Sir_William_Johnson,_1st_Baronet
1871–1921 treaties between Canada's government and First Nations
96. Daschuck (2013), p. 82. Miller, J. R. (2009). Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Numbered_Treaties
Mohawk leader (1742–1807)
arrived in Albany to tell the Governor of New York, George Clinton: "The Covenant Chain is broken between you and us. So brother you are not to expect to hear
Joseph_Brant
Chest containing the Ten Commandments
The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, was a religious storage chest and relic held to be the most sacred object
Ark_of_the_Covenant
Government of the Iroquois Confederacy
principle of coexistence between Haudenosaunee and European nations. The Covenant Chain Treaty – strengthening diplomatic relations with colonial governments
Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council
Haudenosaunee_Confederacy_Chiefs_Council
1613 Treaty between Iroquois Indians and Dutch Government
American governments, and the citizens of those nations, including the Covenant Chain treaty with the British in 1677 and the Treaty of Canandaigua with the
Two_Row_Wampum_Treaty
English soldier and colonial governor
Despite these enmities, he managed to negotiate several treaties of the Covenant Chain with the Iroquois, establishing a long-lived peace involving the colonies
Edmund_Andros
Canadian agreement between the Inuit and Government
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Legal, social, or ethical principles pertaining to indigenous peoples
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1763 conflict by indigenous Native Americans against the British in Canada
British, known as the Covenant Chain. However, the westernmost Iroquois nation, the Seneca, were disillusioned with the Covenant. As early as 1761, Senecas
Pontiac's_War
Several British American colonial treaties
ratification of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and extended the Silver Covenant Chain of Friendship into the Great Lakes Region of the continent. The Royal
Treaty_of_Fort_Niagara
1857 Act for the enfranchisement of Canadian Indians
encroachment on Indian land when this led to the Mohawk declaring the Covenant Chain, a symbol of the alliance built between the British and the Iroquois
Gradual_Civilization_Act
British declaration outlining government for North American colonies
209–238. ISBN 978-0-374-71418-5. Miller, J.R. (2009). Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-making in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 10
Royal_Proclamation_of_1763
Iroquois group of the Eastern Woodlands
were able to make an alliance with the Iroquois league called the "Covenant Chain". In 1768, the English renewed this alliance when Sir William Johnson
Seneca_people
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Wahkohtowin
Judgement of the Supreme Court of Canada
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formed an alliance with the English through an agreement known as the Covenant Chain. By 1680, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy was in a strong position, having
History_of_the_Haudenosaunee
Association between the Canadian Crown and the Indigenous peoples of Canada
representatives of the Dutch Crown in 1613, which formed the foundation of the Covenant Chain of later treaties with the English Crown. The parallel rows of purple
Monarchy of Canada and the Indigenous peoples of Canada
Monarchy_of_Canada_and_the_Indigenous_peoples_of_Canada
1850–1854 treaties between Indigenous peoples and the Colony of Vancouver Island
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Douglas_Treaties
Supreme Court of Canada case
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R_v_Sparrow
1876 Canadian act of Parliament
This action has ultimately violated the United Nations' International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights through the discriminatory practices of the
Indian_Act
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Aboriginal land title in Canada
Aboriginal_land_title_in_Canada
2014 Supreme Court of Canada case
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Tsilhqotʼin Nation v British Columbia
Tsilhqotʼin_Nation_v_British_Columbia
Union of sovereign states linked by treaty
July 2022. Jennings, F. (1984). The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies from Its Beginnings
Confederation
Solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action
A covenant, in its most general and historical sense, is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action. Under historical English common
Covenant_(law)
Canadian treaty, signed in 2002
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Paix_des_Braves
Canadian principle for First Nations children
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Jordan's_Principle
1991 Canadian royal commission
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Royal_Commission_on_Aboriginal_Peoples
1701 peace treaty between New France and First Nations
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Great_Peace_of_Montreal
Native American land cessions, 1682–1797
Philadelphia, and Bucks counties. These lands were acquired under the Covenant Chain, a series of treaties signed between the Thirteen Colonies and the Haudenosaunee
Six_Nations_land_cessions
Government department
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Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Crown–Indigenous_Relations_and_Northern_Affairs_Canada
North American theater of the Seven Years' War
Clinton did not respond to his satisfaction, and Hendrick said that the "Covenant Chain" was broken, a long-standing friendly relationship between the Iroquois
French_and_Indian_War
Policy paper issued by the Government of Canada
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1969_White_Paper
1950s relocation of Inuit by Canada
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High_Arctic_relocation
Primary principle in the Bahá'í Faith
community. Anyone rejecting a link in this chain of leadership is regarded as a Covenant-breaker. To Baháʼís, the Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh and its guarantee of
Covenant_of_Baháʼu'lláh
Section of the Constitution Act, 1982 of Canada
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Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982
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Canadian law regarding indigenous people
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Canadian_Aboriginal_law
Supreme Court of Canada case
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R_v_Guerin
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2002 British Columbia Indigenous treaty referendum
2002_British_Columbia_Indigenous_treaty_referendum
1971 investigation into the death of a First Nations elder in British Columbia, Canada
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Fred_Quilt_inquiry
Baron Colepeper. Edmund Andros, Governor of New York, negotiates the Covenant Chain with the Iroquois. 1679–81 – Debate over the Exclusion Bill in England
Timeline_of_Colonial_America
Supreme Court of Canada case
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R_v_Van_der_Peet
Government department
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Indigenous_Services_Canada
Canadian legal judgment
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Restoule_v_Canada
Supreme Court of Canada case defining Métis Aboriginal rights
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R_v_Powley
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Kelowna_Accord
1722 treaty between the Iroquois and British colonies
2021. Jennings, Francis (1984). The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire. The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies from Its Beginnings
Great_Treaty_of_1722
English regional government in America, 1686–1689
Iroquois confederation, to which the Seneca belonged, and to break the Covenant Chain, a peace that Andros had negotiated in 1677 while he was governor of
Dominion_of_New_England
Canadian pre-sentencing report for Aboriginal peoples
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Gladue_report
Capital and most populous city of Ohio, United States
2022. Jennings, Francis (1984). The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies from Its Beginnings
Columbus,_Ohio
1688-1763 series of military conflicts in North America
many smaller Indigenous nations into submission. The Iroquois used the Covenant Chain to join with the colony of New York and other British colonies in a
French_and_Indian_Wars
Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands
Susquehannock as "uncles". The Iroquois Confederacy added the Lenape to the Covenant Chain in 1676 and the Lenape were tributary to the Confederation until 1753
Lenape
(1997-01-01). "Pontiac's War: Forging New Links in the Anglo-Iroquois Covenant Chain, 1758-1766". Ethnohistory. 44 (4): 617–654. doi:10.2307/482883. JSTOR 482883
Fort_Dinwiddie
Supreme Court of Canada case
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R_v_Gladstone
Ancestral homeland of the Lenape people
with Europeans 1534 • Dutch colonization 1614 • Signatories to the Covenant Chain 1676 • Signing of the Treaty of Easton 1758 • Signing of the Treaty
Lenapehoking
American historian
"Covenant Chain" trilogy: The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism and the Cant of Conquest (1975) The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain
Francis_Jennings
Supreme Court of Canada case
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R_v_Badger
British colony in North America (1664–1776)
with the Iroquois against New France, with an agreement called the Covenant Chain. The colony was one of the Middle Colonies, and ruled at first directly
Province_of_New_York
Group of 12–13 Native American tribes
century. Backed by English markets and firearms secured through the Covenant Chain alliance, Five Nations war parties swept into the southern Great Lakes
Illinois_Confederation
Term in North American Indigenous law
peace. At that meeting the western nations requested to be part of the Covenant Chain and to share hunting grounds in accordance with the Dish With One Spoon
Dish_With_One_Spoon
First Nation treaties with Britain, 1725–1779
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Peace_and_Friendship_Treaties
Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator
particularly delicate time, when Bellomont was working to strengthen the Covenant Chain that had been neglected by Fletcher. After the Treaty of Ryswick ended
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
Richard_Coote,_1st_Earl_of_Bellomont
Federally recognized Indian Nation in South Carolina, United States
the Treaty of Lancaster, made at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, renewed the Covenant Chain between the Iroquois and the colonists. The governments had not been
Catawba_people
Individual Indigenous Canadians
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Indigenous Canadian personalities
Indigenous_Canadian_personalities
Chief of the Catawba Nation
the Treaty of Lancaster, made at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, renewed the Covenant Chain between the Iroquois and the colonists and the governor of Virginia
King_Yanabe_Yalangway
1701 land cession by the Iroquois Confederacy to the British Crown
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Nanfan_Treaty
Canadian policy on indigenous health control
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Indian_Health_Transfer_Policy
receiving the right to colonize what would become New England 1613–1753 Covenant Chain Series of treaties and alliances between Native American tribes such
Territorial evolution of the British Empire
Territorial_evolution_of_the_British_Empire
Native American orator and war leader (c. 1723 – 1780)
worked closely with Pennsylvania official James Logan to maintain the Covenant Chain relationship with the colony of Pennsylvania. Following a prevailing
Logan_(Iroquois_leader)
Carolina). After King Phillips War, Andros successfully negotiated the Covenant Chain, a series of treaties with indigenous nations that brought relative
Colonial history of the United States
Colonial_history_of_the_United_States
Calendar year
delivering these Presents, for burying the Hatchet, and for renewing the Covenant Chain with them." October 31 – Virginia Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie commissions
1753
1973 Supreme Court of Canada case
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Calder v British Columbia (AG)
Calder_v_British_Columbia_(AG)
French–Canadian explorer, fur trader and frontiersman (1655–1718)
S2CID 161286475. Jennings, Francis. The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies from Its Beginnings
Martin_Chartier
Press. Jennings, Francis (1984). The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies from Its Beginnings
History_of_Kentucky
Baron Colepeper. Edmund Andros, Governor of New York, negotiates the Covenant Chain with the Iroquois. Province of Maine absorbed by Massachusetts Bay Colony
Timeline of pre–United States history
Timeline_of_pre–United_States_history
Supreme Court of Canada case
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Reference_Re_Eskimos
Land claims negotiation process
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British Columbia Treaty Process
British_Columbia_Treaty_Process
1997 Supreme Court of Canada case
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Delgamuukw_v_British_Columbia
British colony in North America (1681–1776)
Susquehannock, Shawnee and Lenape had been conquered by the Iroquois, with a Covenant Chain bounding them and other indigenous groups together. Suffering from a
Province_of_Pennsylvania
Indigenous self-government proposals
emanating from prior occupation of the land or because of a gift from or covenant with the Creator. In this case, Indigenous people do not seek to be "granted"
Indigenous self-government in Canada
Indigenous_self-government_in_Canada
1888 case on Aboriginal title in Canada
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St Catharines Milling and Lumber Co v R
St_Catharines_Milling_and_Lumber_Co_v_R
Group ministering to the spiritual needs of the British monarch
alliance between the Mohawk people and the Crown, referred to as the Covenant Chain. A century later, in 2004, Christ Church, near Deseronto, was designated
Chapel_Royal
Supreme Court of Canada case
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Protohistorical period
283–4) Jennings, Francis (1984). The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: the Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies from Its Beginnings
Protohistory_of_West_Virginia
Most populous city in Pennsylvania, US
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Canada case
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R_v_Marshall;_R_v_Bernard
to provide a portage around Niagara Falls. The treaty created a new Covenant Chain, or friendship treaty, between Britain and the First Nations of the
Timeline_of_Canadian_history
Protests in Canada
treaty between the Iroquois and the British Crown known as the Silver Covenant Chain. Miller then discussed the blockade with the leaders of Mohawks of the
2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests
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Status of First Nations treaties in British Columbia
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Indigenous specific land claims in Canada
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Indigenous rights stipulated in treaties with settler societies
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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Paul v British Columbia (Forest Appeals Commission)
Paul_v_British_Columbia_(Forest_Appeals_Commission)
American historian (born 1953)
ISBN 978-0-415-92375-0. Daniel K. Richter; James H. Merrell, eds. (2003). Beyond the covenant chain: the Iroquois and their neighbors in Indian North America, 1600-1800
James_Merrell
Calendar year
in Surrey". BBC News. June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2019. "The Covenant Chain", by Elsie Charles Basque, in Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous
1749
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Duty to consult and accommodate
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American historian (1954-)
(Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004). ISBN 978-0-271-02385-4. Beyond the Covenant Chain: The Iroquois and Their Neighbors in Indian North America, 1600-1800
Daniel_K._Richter
Legal customs, and practices of Indigenous peoples in Canada
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COVENANT CHAIN
COVENANT CHAIN
Girl/Female
Tamil
Specially selected \ chosen one
Male
Hebrew
(×¢Ö²× Ö¸×Ÿ) Hebrew name ANAN means "cloud." In the bible, this is the name of one of heads of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Compare with another form of Anan.
Boy/Male
Australian, Celtic, Irish
Wise; Hound; Wolf; High
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Kenanyah, CHENANIAH means "Jehovah establishes" or "whom Jehovah defends." In the bible, this is the name of a Levite who was the chief of the Temple singers who conducted the music when the Ark of the Covenant was moved from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem.
Male
Hebrew
(×›Ö¼Ö°× Ö·× Ö°×™Ö¸×”) Hebrew name KENANYAH means "Jehovah establishes" or "whom Jehovah defends." In the bible, this is the name of a Levite who was the chief of the Temple singers who conducted the music when the Ark of the Covenant was moved from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem.
Female
English
English name derived from the tree name, from Latin acacia, from Greek akakia, ACACIA means "thorny Egyptian tree." Besides the flowering shrub or tree, Acacia is also the name of a fraternity. In Freemasonry, the Acacia symbolizes immortality of the soul, innocence and purity, and birth into a new life. The acaica seyal is believed to have been the biblical shittah-tree (Isaiah 41:19) which furnished the wood for the Ark of the Covenant and for the Tabernacle.Â
Girl/Female
Biblical
Covenant.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place named after an ancient stone cross in the High Peak forest of Derbyshire, in the parish of Chapel en le Frith, known as the Shackelcross. The first element in this name appears to be from Old English sceacol ‘chain’, ‘bond’, perhaps denoting a cross to which penitents could be fettered.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Idol of the covenant.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old Breton personal name, derived from an element meaning ‘high’, ‘mighty’, which was introduced into England by followers of William the Conqueror and subsequently into Ireland, where it still has some currency as a personal name.Scottish : habitational name from a place in Kincardineshire. The place name is of uncertain origin, possibly from an early Celtic name, Conona ‘hound stream’.Roger Conant led a secession from Plymouth colony in about 1627 and founded the settlement that became Salem, MA. He was probably the son of Christopher Connant, who came over from England aboard the Anne in 1623.
Boy/Male
Indian
Agreement, Covenant
Girl/Female
Indian
Golden Chain
Boy/Male
Celtic Irish
Wise.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Agreement, Covenant
Biblical
covenant
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Agreement; Covenant; Contract; Pact
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow, pasture, or patch of arable land, Middle English l(e)ye (late Old English lēage, dative of lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’); or a habitational name from Lye in Herefordshire (with the same etymology).French : habitational name from Lye in Indre.French (Lyé) : habitational name from places called Lié in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead in Rogaland named Lye, Old Norse Lýgi meaning ‘alliance’, ‘covenant’, used to denote a place sanctified by such an agreement, such as a court or council meeting place.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : probably from a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman French personal name or nickname Avenant ‘suitable’ or ‘handsome’.Family historians record an Isham Avent in the Carolinas in the 1760s. His father was Colonel Thomas Avent from England.
Male
Iranian/Persian
Avestan myth name of the son of Ahura Mazda, derived from the proto-Indo-Iranian word *mitra, MITHRA means "contract, covenant, oath, promise, treaty," from the root mi- "to bind," all of which seems to indicate the basic meaning "alliance; contract; a means of binding."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Golden Chain
COVENANT CHAIN
COVENANT CHAIN
Boy/Male
French, German, Hebrew, Slovenia
Jehovah Increases
Boy/Male
Tamil
Boy/Male
English American Italian Spanish
Sage; wise; elvin.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Donogh, DONOUGH means "brown warrior."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Friend, Kind heart
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
From a Fern Plant
Girl/Female
Latin Hungarian
Stranger.
Boy/Male
Indian
Abu al-abbas al-tamimi had this name. a grammarian of Basrah and egypt
Girl/Female
Italian Spanish Latin
Lucky.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Lovely, White, Clearness
COVENANT CHAIN
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COVENANT CHAIN
COVENANT CHAIN
a.
Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties.
v. t.
To grant or promise by covenant.
n.
The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Covenant
n.
A covenant.
imp. & p. p.
of Covenant
n.
The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.
n.
An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement.
n.
An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
n.
One who subscribed and defended the "Solemn League and Covenant." See Covenant.
n.
A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal.
a.
Not covenanted; not granted or entered into under a covenant, agreement, or contract.
v. i.
To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.
n.
One who makes a covenant.
n.
A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.
n.
An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant."
v. i.
To contract; to bargain or covenant.
v. t.
To dissolve covenant with.
n.
A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.
n.
The party who makes a covenant.