Sentence examples for ancient covenant from inspiring English sources
For the first time, the power of the state was enlisted on behalf of the ancient covenant and in obedience to a covenant document.
In Dread: The Rastafarians of Jamaica, Father Joseph Owens notes, "locks especially are considered to be a vital link with anciency, since they symbolise man's yearning to return to the unsophisticated ways of 'creation-living' … [They] are the sign of the ancient covenant between God and his people".
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And while Atul Gawande's cleverly overstated title does convey the unexpected force of his simple proposal for saving lives in complex systems, it's hardly a jeremiad — no ancient checklist-making covenant has been betrayed.
David transfers the Ark to this city and so he makes it the home to the ancient witness of the covenant, the Sinaitic Covenant.
Galdran covets the Tlanth lands for his cruel cousin, Baron Nenthar Debegri, and also seeks to break the Covenant – an ancient pact between humans and the Hill Folk – by resuming the harvest of their valuable "colorwoods".
In the Middle East, salt was used to ceremonially seal an agreement, and the ancient Hebrews made a "covenant of salt" with God and sprinkled salt on their offerings to show their trust in Him.
But there's also revisionist history and secret ancient orders and occult covenants and disturbing violence.
His "New Covenant" borrowed from ancient Republican platforms, exalting small government, the middle class and free markets.
Cortana initiates a slipspace course based on the ancient glyphs intercepted by the Covenant at Sigma Octanus, the course takes them to a massive ringworld known as Halo, setting the stage for the events of Halo: Combat Evolved.
Covenants in the ancient world tended to be brokered with animal sacrifices.
