Solemn League and Covenant
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noun
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A Solemn League and Covenant was signed here in 1644 for the defence of the kingdom, and the document is preserved at Belfast.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
Let us vote, gentlemen, as our forefathers voted for the Solemn League and Covenant, by just lifting their right hands above their heads.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
During the period of the Civil War and the Commonwealth, Presbyterianism was established as the national worship of England and Scotland by the Solemn League and Covenant.
From The Leading Facts of English History by Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry)
Signing of the Solemn League and Covenant, "even to the knife," by Scottish Lords of the Congregation.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter
I remember when the Solemn League and Covenant was entered into by both nations.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James
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