HOW TO PRONOUNCE
covenant
/ˈkʌvənənt/
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Begin with the vowel in “cup.”
The first syllable is strongest and does not have the oh vowel of cove. Keep both following vowels relaxed as you move toward the final t.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The agreement contains a restrictive covenant.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does covenant mean?
noun
- An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
- A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
- A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties (often one that is religious or religiously-based).
More meanings (5)
noun
- An incidental clause in an agreement.
verb
- To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.
- To enter a formal agreement.
- To bind oneself in contract.
- To make a stipulation.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkʌvənənt/
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How is it that from beauty I have derived a type of unloveliness?—from the covenant of peace, a simile of sorrow?
Whoever should break this covenant, was to be regarded as a perfidious traitor, and treated by the rest as a common enemy.
More book examples (3)
For the right men have by Nature to protect themselves, when none else can protect them, can by no Covenant be relinquished.
He decided to wait until Esau should attain his thirteenth year, the age at which Ishmael had received the sign of the covenant.
Now they would have gladly joined with them, for they themselves had entered into a covenant with God to serve him and keep his commandments.