Word Meanings - COVENANTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who subscribed and defended the "Solemn League and Covenant." See Covenant. (more info) 1. One who makes a covenant.

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• SOLEMNIZATION
  The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
• SOLEMNIZE
  1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers
• SOLEMN
  Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
• SOLEMNIZATE
  To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. Bp. Burnet.
• SOLEMNLY
  In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally. There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden. I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift.
• SOLEMNNESS
  The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship.
• LEAGUE
  lieue, Pr. lega, legua, It. & LL. lega, Sp. legua, Pg. legoa, legua; all fr. LL. leuca, of Celtic origin: cf. Arm. leo, lev (perh. from French), Ir.leige ; also Ir. & Gael. leac a flag, a broad, flat stone, W. llech, -- such stones having perh.
• DEFENDER
  One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator. Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant defenders. Motley.
• DEFENDABLE
  Capable of being defended; defensible.
• SUBSCRIBABLE
  Capable of being subscribed.
• MAKESHIFT
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
• SOLEMNITY
  A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid. (more info) 1. A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity
• LEAGUERER
  A besieger. J. Webster.
• DEFENDANT
  1. Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive. With men of courage and with means defendant. Shak. 2. Making defense.
• SOLEMNIZER
  One who solemnizes.
• DEFENDEE
  One who is defended.
• LEAGUER
  1. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. b. Jonson. 2. A siege or beleaguering. Sir W. Scott.
• SUBSCRIBER
  1. One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing. 2. One who enters his name for a paper, book, map, or the like. Dryden.
• SUBSCRIBE
  1. To write underneath, as one's name; to sign to a document. subscribed their names under them. Sir T. More. 2. To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name
• DEFEND
  To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit. Burrill. Syn. -- To Defend, Protect. To defend is literally to ward off; to protect is to cover so as
• BELEAGUERER
  One who beleaguers.
• DISCOVENANT
  To dissolve covenant with.
• COLLEAGUE
  A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures. Syn. -- Helper; assistant; coadjutor; ally; associate; companion; confederate. (more info) time with another, a
• INLEAGUER
  To beleaguer. Holland.
• BELEAGUER
  To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade. The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. Longfellow. Syn. -- To block up; environ; invest; encompass. (more info) Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be- + leger bed, camp, army,
• PRIMROSE LEAGUE
  A league of both sexes among the Conservatives, founded in 1883. So called because primrose was taken to be the favorite flower of the Conservative statesman Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield.
• UNSOLEMNIZE
  To divest of solemnity.