uncovenanted

American  

[uhn-kuhv-uh-nuhn-tid] / ʌnˈkʌv ə nən tɪd /

adjective

1. not agreed to or promised by covenant.

2. not having joined in a covenant.

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uncovenanted British  

/ ʌnˈkʌvənəntɪd /

adjective

1. not guaranteed or promised by a covenant

2. not in accordance with or sanctioned by a covenant

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Etymology

Origin of uncovenanted

First recorded in 1640–50; un- ¹ + covenant + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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uncovenanted

It is what the old theologians used to call 'an uncovenanted mercy.'

From By the Christmas Fire by Samuel McChord Crothers

For except that uncovenanted blessing of offspring and of food, the Cainites possessed nothing whatever.

From Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood by John Nicholas Lenker

Simply and solely because such appointments would be given to the uncovenanted, and might tend indirectly to diminish the appointments open to the covenanted servants of the company.

From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Sleeman

But nothing is promised him with certainty, for although these corporal or legal promises are great and important, yet they are positively uncertain and uncovenanted.

From Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood by John Nicholas Lenker

Such wise, sweet, uncovenanted uses has duty, blessing alike the unconscious exemplar and him who profits by the example.

From The Young Mountaineers Short Stories by Malcolm Fraser