covenant

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

covenant (plural covenants)

  1. (law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
  2. (law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
  3. A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
  4. An incidental clause in an agreement.

Synonyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

covenant (third-person singular simple present covenants, present participle covenanting, simple past and past participle covenanted)

  1. To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
  2. (law) To enter a formal agreement.
  3. (law) To bind oneself in contract.
  4. (law) To make a stipulation.
[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]

Old French

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Latin conveniēns, conveniēntem (agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient), present participle of conveniō (to agree).

Verb

[edit]

covenant

  1. present participle of covenir

Noun

[edit]

covenant oblique singularm (oblique plural covenanz or covenantz, nominative singular covenanz or covenantz, nominative plural covenant)

  1. covenant
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 220, line 2895:
      Del convenant vus deit membrer
      You must remember the convenant

Descendants

[edit]
  • English: covenant
  • French: convenant