National Covenant

American  

noun

1. an agreement (1638) among Scottish Presbyterians to uphold their faith in Scotland.

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National Covenant British  

noun

1. See Covenant

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Example Sentences

The National Covenant, which demanded radical changes in how Scotland was governed, was signed in the graveyard in February 1638.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2020

As France was quitting the area in 1943, an unwritten but carefully wrought National Covenant was adopted by Lebanese leaders in an effort to accommodate the new country's volatile religious mix of Christians and Moslems.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the National Covenant, an unwritten agreement reached at the time, the country's President is always a Maronite, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim, and the Speaker of Parliament a Shi'ite Muslim.

From Time Magazine Archive

The historian, Burton, describes the movement that resulted in the subscription of the National Covenant as the fruit of "a great religious revival," and the Reformation as "the great revival."

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James

The National Covenant was signed there by the Protestant nobles and gentry of Scotland in 1638.

From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel