covenanter
a person who makes a covenant.
(initial capital letter)Scottish History. a person who, by solemn agreement, pledged to uphold Presbyterianism, especially an adherent of the National Covenant or the Solemn League and Covenant.
Origin of covenanter
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How to use covenanter in a sentence
By quick marches through these inaccessible mountains, that general freed himself from the superior forces of the Covenanters.
The marquis of Huntley, about a year before, had also fallen a victim to the severity of the Covenanters.
The royalists put to sword six thousand of their enemies, and left the Covenanters no remains of any army in Scotland.
Edinburgh opened its gates, and gave liberty to all the prisoners there detained by the Covenanters.
The Covenanters met to worship God in the moorlands and dells, setting a watch for the dragoons of Claverhouse.
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British Dictionary definitions for Covenanter
/ (ˈkʌvənəntə, ˌkʌvəˈnæntə) /
a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism
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