covenants
Solemn sworn promises
Covenants are formal agreements or binding promises.
In law, a covenant is a clause in a contract—especially in property deeds, where restrictive covenants limit what owners can do: The covenants prohibit fences over four feet.
In religious contexts, a covenant is a sacred agreement between God and humanity: the covenant with Abraham.
The verb means to formally promise or agree.
Written property conveyance
- leaseTemporary use contract
- clauseProvision in agreement
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- restrictiveImposing narrow boundaries
enforceable · breach · parties · obligations · stipulations · terms · conditions · compliance
Binding promise given
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- oathFormal binding promise
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- promiseCommitment to act
allegiance · assurance · guarantee · word · undertaking · declaration · avowal · fealty
Worthy of reverence
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- faithTrust without proof
divine · holy · sacrament · ritual · consecrate · devotion · piety · reverence
Written proof or legacy
- arkLarge rescue vessel
- commandmentsAuthoritative rules demanding compliance
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- SinaiEgyptian peninsula, biblical peak
Abraham · Noah · Mosaic · promised · chosen · tablets · Israelites · exodus
Binding tie or connection
- indentureFormal binding contract
- debtMoney owed another
- issuerOne who distributes officially
- creditworthinessAbility to repay debts
default · rating · affirmative · negative · maintenance · incurrence · leverage · collateral
deed
Written property conveyance
restrictive · enforceable · breach · parties · obligations · stipulations · terms · conditions · compliance · jurisdiction
pledge
Binding promise given
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- oathFormal binding promise
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
promise · allegiance · assurance · guarantee · word · undertaking · declaration · avowal · fealty · honour
sacred
Worthy of reverence
faith · divine · holy · sacrament · ritual · consecrate · devotion · piety · reverence · worship
testament
Written proof or legacy
- arkLarge rescue vessel
- commandmentsAuthoritative rules demanding compliance
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
Sinai · Abraham · Noah · Mosaic · promised · chosen · tablets · Israelites · exodus · prophets
bond
Binding tie or connection
creditworthiness · default · rating · affirmative · negative · maintenance · incurrence · leverage · collateral · lender
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Adam, Moses
- lawslaws, statute, ordinance, acts, statutes
- normsnorm, norms, standard, social norms, rule
- understandingsagreements, accords, pacts, treaties, deals
- contractsbinding contracts, contract length, lease, clause, contract terms
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
covenantsbreaches
Breaks or violations
violations · broken promises · breaks · betrayals · repudiations
covenantsseparations
Acts of dividing apart
divorces · disagreements · schisms · divisions · estrangements
covenantsbetrayals
Breaches of loyalty
treacheries · faithlessness · perfidy · disloyalty · apostasy
- Ark of the CovenantGold-plated acacia reliquary
- blood covenantPact sealed with shared vital fluid
- Ark of CovenantAncient Hebrew relic container
- sacred covenantBinding spiritual agreement
- divine covenantGod's promise to mankind
- broken covenantPromise that was violated