Solemn League and Covenant

noun

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

Solemn League and Covenant

noun

1. See Covenant

Example Sentences

And he sees the same kind of unity in "extensive herds" of sperm whales, as though "numerous nations of them had sworn solemn league and covenant for mutual assistance and protection."

From Salon

It was doubtless owing to his efforts that in Poland the barons and cities entered into a solemn league and covenant to suppress heresy, April 25, 1438—just before Poland intervened in Bohemia to protect the Hussites from the Emperor Albert.

From Project Gutenberg

He presented a draft of the famous “Solemn League and Covenant,” which was received with great enthusiasm.

From Project Gutenberg

The “Solemn League and Covenant,” which pledged both countries to the extirpation of prelacy, leaving further decision as to church government to be decided by the “example of the best reformed churches,” after undergoing some slight alterations, passed the two Houses of Parliament and the Westminster Assembly, and thus became law for the two kingdoms.

From Project Gutenberg

A Solemn League and Covenant was signed here in 1644 for the defence of the kingdom, and the document is preserved at Belfast.

From Project Gutenberg