covenanter (kuvenanter)

[ to an agreement or contract. A covenant to do any action at a certain time or place is then di olved by the covenanter. Hobbes, De Corpore Politico, i. 2. 2. [ cap.] In Scottish hist., one of those who in the seventeenth century, particularly in 1638 and 1643, bound themselves by solemn covenant to uphold and maintain the Presbyterian doctrine and polity as the religion of the country, to the exclusion of both prelacy and popery. The name continued to be applied to those who di ented from the final settlement in 1688, more definitely called Cameron i ans, and afterward Reformed Presbyterians. See covenant, n., 4. I am sorry to hear of new oathes in Scotland between the covenanters, who they say will have none but Jesus Christ to reign over them. Sir H. Wotton , Letters. covenanting (kuv'e-nan-ting), p. a. [ Strike this day as if the anvil Lay beneath your blows the while, Be they Covenanting traitors, Or the brood of false Argyle! Aytoun, Burial March of Dundee. covenantor (kuv'e-nan-tor), n. [ covenant + -or; equiv. to covenanter .] In law , that party to a covenant, agreement, or contract by whom the obligation expre ed in it is to be performed. covenoust (kuv'e-nus), a. See covinous. coventt, n. [Also, rarely, coven, covin, If ther shal entre into youre couent , or gederynge to gydere, a man. Wyclif , Jas. ii. 2 (Oxf.). Thou hast defendid me fro the couent of warier is. Wyclif , Ps. Ixiii. 3 (Oxf.). 2. A convent or monastery; the monks or nuns collectively. All the Covente standing about ye Herse, without the rayles, singing diuerse antems. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 34. The abbot sayd to his covent. Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode (Child's Ballads, V. 60). cover equivalent to: as, the receipts do not cover the expenses.-10. To include, embrace, or comprehend: as, an offense not covered by any statute; the explanation does not cover all the facts of the case. We cannot say that the vague term "the beginning" cor ers the geological ages, because there is no chaotic condition between these and the human period. Dawson, Nature and the Bible, p. 84. 11. To aim at directly; bring into effective range and aim, as of a rifle or other firearm: as, he covered the thief with his pistol; hence, to command, in a military sense; occupy a commanding position with regard to. The king was encamped in Shoa, covering and keeping in awe his Mahometan provinces, Fatigar and Dawaro. Bruce, Source of the Nile, II. 146. coventry-bell (kuv'en-tri-bel), n . [The name Coventry, ME. Coventre , is generally explained from the convent (ME. covent ) established there by Earl Leofric, 11th century, but the AS. form Cofentreó, Cofantreó means tree of the cove or cave' (gen.of cofa , a cove, a chamber (see covel ), + treó , tree), or perhaps tree of Cofa' (a proper name).] Aname for the canterbury-bell, Cam- chicks. panula Medium . coventry-blue (kuv'en-tri-blö), n. Blue thread of a superior dye made at Coventry in England, and used for embroidery. I have lost my thimble and a skein of Coventry blue . B. Jonson, Gipsies Metamorphosed. coventry-rape (kuv'en-tri-rāp), n. The Cam- panula Rapunculus , having tuberous turnip-like roots. A molding-plane