Solemn League and Covenant

American  

noun

1. an agreement (1643) between the parliaments of Scotland and England permitting the promotion of Presbyterianism in Scotland, England, and Ireland.

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Solemn League and Covenant British  

noun

1. See Covenant

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Example Sentences

Solemn League and Covenant, 167, 172, 173, 178.

From An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) by Rait, Robert S.

In Greyfriars’ churchyard the Solemn League and Covenant was signed, and among its many monuments are the Martyrs’ monument, recording the merits of the murdered covenanters, and the tomb of “Bluidy” Mackenzie.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

By his persuasion was framed, at Edinburgh, that Solemn League and Covenant, which effaced all former protestations and vows taken in both kingdoms, and long maintained its credit and authority.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David

On October the 24th of the same year the Corporation ordered that the Solemn League and Covenant should be tendered to the aldermen and citizens.

From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)

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)