covenantedadj.
/ˈkʌvɪnəntɪd/ 1. Of a thing: Agreed upon, established, or secured by covenant. covenanted grace, covenanted mercies (Theology): those that are secured to such as have entered into covenant with God: see covenant n. 8b.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective] > contracted
covenantc1330
contracted1589
covenanted1651
society > faith > worship > vow > covenant > [adjective] > included in
covenanted1836
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xli. 263 The reduction of his elect to their former covenanted obedience.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 206 Hostages..to keep thir covnanted peace.
1788 R. Burns Let. 8 Nov. (2001) I. 334 Nothing inconsistent with the covenanted terms.
1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 41 There is not on the earth a soul so base, But may obtain a place In covenanted grace.
1887 S. Cox Expos. 3rd Ser. xiii. 169 There is a very general impression..that a radical and vast difference obtains between what are called the covenanted and the uncovenanted mercies of God.
1888 F. Pollock Oxf. Lect. (1890) viii. 199 Their covenanted liberty of self-government.
2. Of a person: Having entered into a covenant, bound by a covenant.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective] > bound by contract
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1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 165 To shew mercy to his covenanted people.
1722 Coll. Misc. Lett. Mist's Weekly Jrnl. II. 235 Any profess'd Dissenter, and covenanted Member of a Conventicle.
3. Historical. Having subscribed the Covenant.
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society > faith > worship > vow > covenant > [adjective] > taking Scottish Presbyterian covenant > having subscribed to
incovenanted1656
covenanted1660
1660 in Neal Hist. Purit. IV. 256 He [Charles II] thanked God that he was a Covenanted King.
1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 90 When the Covenanted Zealots were uppermost.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xi. 178 The presbyterians remembered that he [sc. Charles II] was what they called a covenanted king.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 456 The heir of a covenanted house.
4. Indian Civil Service. Applied to the regular members of the service who would originally have entered into a formal covenant with the East India Company, and subsequently did so with the Secretary of State for India. Hence the covenanted service. Applied to the regular members of the service who would originally have entered into a formal covenant with the East India Company, and subsequently did so with the Secretary of State for India.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > bound by promise > in particular organizations, etc.
conjureda1547
covenanted1757
1757 in J. Long Select. Rec. Govt. relating to Bengal A great scarcity of covenanted servants in Calcutta.
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 323 The covenanted civil service in India.
1861 Times 23 July In addition to general covenants for fidelity, obedience to orders, and accounting, the covenanted servants bind themselves to deliver to the Government, on demand, all their books and papers, etc.
1885 Athenæum 11 Apr. 466/1 A covenanted Bengal civilian.
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