Solemn League and Covenant — The Solemn League and Covenant was an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians. It was agreed to in 1643, during the First English Civil War.The Protestant leaders of the embattled English… … Wikipedia
engagement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. betrothal, obligation, promise, agreement, pledge; appointment, interview; occupation, employment; battle, action, skirmish, brush, encounter. See duty, business, contention, sociality, marriage. II… … English dictionary for students
solemn word — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A declaration that one will or will not do a certain thing: assurance, covenant, engagement, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, plight2, promise, vow, warrant, word, word of honor. See OBLIGATION … English dictionary for students
COVENANT, SOLEMN LEAGUE AND — an engagement, with representatives from Scotland, on the part of the English Parliament to secure to the Scotch the terms of their National Covenant, and signed by honourable members in St. Margaret s Church, Westminster, September 25, 1643,… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
New Model Army (militaire) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir New Model Army. La New Model Army est une armée de la Première révolution anglaise. C est en 1645 que le Parlement anglais charge Oliver Cromwell d organiser une armée sur le modèle de ses propres troupes. C est… … Wikipédia en Français
New model army (militaire) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir New Model Army. La New Model Army est une armée de la Première révolution anglaise. C est en 1645 que le Parlement anglais charge Oliver Cromwell d organiser une armée sur le modèle de ses propres troupes. C est… … Wikipédia en Français
abjure — abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract are synonymous when they mean to abandon irrevocably and, usually, with solemnity or publicity. Except in the extended senses of abjure, renounce, and forswear they all imply the recall of one’s word.… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
sacrament — /ˈsækrəmənt / (say sakruhmuhnt) noun 1. Christianity a visible sign divinely instituted to confer grace on those who worthily receive it. In the various Christian denominations, the sacraments include some or all of the following: baptism;… …
sacrament — n. 1 a religious ceremony or act of the Christian Churches regarded as an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual grace: applied by the Eastern, pre Reformation Western, and Roman Catholic Churches to the seven rites of baptism,… … Useful english dictionary
Dikastes — Dicast redirects here. For the process of casting dies with molten metal, see die casting. Dikastes (Greek: δικαστής, pl. δικασταί) was a legal office in ancient Greece that signified, in the broadest sense, a judge or juror, but more… … Wikipedia
