Sentence examples for covenant contract from inspiring English sources

The word mithra was a common noun that meant "covenant, contract, treaty," and Mithra, as such, was the god Covenant, the celestial deity who oversaw all solemn agreements that people made among themselves and who severely punished anyone who broke the terms of a covenant, whether it was between individuals or between countries or other sociopolitical entities.

Low writes in "Behind the Gates" that the covenants, contracts and deed restrictions of private housing associations have replaced the social contract in American life.

Where the Sinaitic Covenant was contracted between God and the nation, the Davidic covenant is contracted between God and a single individual, the king.

An added feature the b_verify protocol is the opportunity for the programmatic enforcement of covenants and contracts (also known as "smart contracts").

So-called covenant-lite contracts, in which creditors give up certain rights but impose conditions on a borrower's balance sheet, are harder to come by, while banks are slowly forcing down leverage ratios.

A Christian marriage is both a covenant and a contract.

There was only one breach of that covenant in the contract, which breach was continuous in its nature.

A covenant is a contract where one of the parties must perform after the other, and thus promises the first performer his later performance.

An individual ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood makes a contract (covenant) with God to honour and learn the priesthood duties, to obey God's commandments, to live by God's counsel, and to live an upright and virtuous life.

The flashpoint was a covenant in the contract of land purchase by Houlding from Orrell causing further and deep friction.

But Greece would have to deal with the complete universe of covenants since every contract would need redenomination.