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单词 Covenanter
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Definition of Covenanter in English:

Covenanter

nounˈkʌv(ə)nəntəˈkəv(ə)nəntər
  • (in 17th-century Scotland) an adherent of the National Covenant (1638) or of the Solemn League and Covenant (1643), upholding the organization of the Scottish Presbyterian Church.

    See also covenantor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Drawn from all parts of Scotland and all sections of society, Covenanters subscribed to the National Covenant of 1638.
    • If you go right here and follow the path for a few hundred yards, you reach a memorial to six Covenanters shot dead in 1685.
    • She had stood for truth above compromise in those cruel and difficult days for the Scottish Covenanters of 1685.
    • Radical Covenanters managed to defeat Turner at the battle of Drumclog in 1679.
    • After the defeat of the Scottish Covenanters at Bothwell Brig in 1687, a new wave of Scottish refugees came to Ulster.
 
 

Definition of Covenanter in US English:

Covenanter

nounˈkəv(ə)nəntərˈkəv(ə)nəntər
  • (in 17th-century Scotland) an adherent of the National Covenant (1638) or of the Solemn League and Covenant (1643), upholding the organization of the Scottish Presbyterian Church.

    See also covenantor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She had stood for truth above compromise in those cruel and difficult days for the Scottish Covenanters of 1685.
    • If you go right here and follow the path for a few hundred yards, you reach a memorial to six Covenanters shot dead in 1685.
    • After the defeat of the Scottish Covenanters at Bothwell Brig in 1687, a new wave of Scottish refugees came to Ulster.
    • Drawn from all parts of Scotland and all sections of society, Covenanters subscribed to the National Covenant of 1638.
    • Radical Covenanters managed to defeat Turner at the battle of Drumclog in 1679.
 
 
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