Coven vs Covenant - What's the difference?
coven | covenant |
A clique that shares common interests or activities.
* 1986 , , Penguin, paperback edition, page 12
A formal group or assembly of witches.
(legal) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
(legal) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
An incidental clause in an agreement.
to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant
* L'Estrange
* Bible, Matthew xxvi. 15
(legal) To enter a formal agreement.
(legal) To bind oneself in contract.
(legal) To make a stipulation.
As nouns the difference between coven and covenant
is that coven is a clique that shares common interests or activities while covenant is an agreement to do or not do a particular thing.As a verb covenant is
to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.coven
English
(wikipedia coven)Noun
(en noun)- “This is a very African area”, he said as they maneuvered their way among the covens of menacing children gathered in the halls.
Derived terms
* covener, covenstead, covendomcovenant
English
(wikipedia covenant)Alternative forms
* covenaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, as the tenant should direct.
- and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver
