covenanting
Entering binding agreements
Covenanting is entering into a formal agreement or solemn promise.
The word carries religious and legal weight—covenanting with God, covenanting to uphold terms of a contract.
In Scottish history, Covenanting refers specifically to the 17th-century Presbyterian movement whose adherents signed covenants defending their faith against royal interference: The Covenanting tradition shaped Scottish identity for generations.
Enforceable written agreement
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- compactTightly packed together
- treatyBinding pact between nations
settlement · terms · stipulation · clause · provision · memorandum · deed · indenture
Formal binding promise
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- promiseCommitment to act
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- undertakingTask one commits to
assurance · word · troth · bond · sworn · solemn · binding · honor
Formal event marking occasions
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- signingInscribing one's name
- witnessingSeeing something occur
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
dedication · consecration · observance · formality · rite · tradition · celebration · commemoration
contract
Enforceable written agreement
treaty · settlement · terms · stipulation · clause · provision · memorandum · deed · indenture · charter
oath
Formal binding promise
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- promiseCommitment to act
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
undertaking · assurance · word · troth · bond · sworn · solemn · binding · honor · fidelity
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- signingInscribing one's name
- witnessingSeeing something occur
ratification · dedication · consecration · observance · formality · rite · tradition · celebration · commemoration · affirmation
baptism
Ritual water purification ceremony
- communionProfound shared closeness
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
Presbyterian · kirk · elect · grace · salvation · testament · biblical · Abrahamic · Mosaic · ark
- CovenantersKirk, Presbyterianism, hillmen, wanderers, kirk
- Reformed Theologypredestination, John Calvin, election, total depravity, TULIP
covenantingdisagreeing
Holding opposing opinions
refusing · rejecting · reneging · breaking · repudiating
covenantingbetraying
Breaking trust or loyalty
violating · breaching · forsaking · abandoning · reneging
covenantingsuggesting
Offering an idea indirectly
hinting · implying · mentioning · chatting · bantering