释义 |
▪ I. covenanting, vbl. n.|ˈkʌvɪnəntɪŋ| [f. covenant v. + -ing1.] The entering into or signing a covenant.
1639Drummond of Hawthornden Consid. to Parl. Wks. (1711) 186 For whatsoever crime; except lese majesty against the state, and not covenanting. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 140 In regard of their implicite covenanting. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life (1747) III. 285 These Words do imply our formal Covenanting with God in Baptism. ▪ II. covenanting, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That enters into or signs a covenant; spec. in Sc. Hist. (see covenant 9).
1653Gauden Hierasp. Pref. to Rdr. 13 Their select fraternities and covenanting congregations. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. ix. (1843) 592/1 He had application enough from the covenanting party of Scotland. 1864Burton Scot Abr. II. ii. 147 Alexander, who led the Covenanting troops. 1888M. Morris Claverhouse v. 82 A paper (known in Covenanting annals as the Hamilton Declaration). |