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Meaning of UNCOVENANTED

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un*cov"e*nant*ed\, a.
1. Not covenanted; not granted or entered into under a
   covenant, agreement, or contract. --Bp. Horsley.

2. Not having joined in a league, or assented to a covenant
   or agreement, as to the Solemn League and Covenant of the
   Scottish people in the times of the Stuarts.

         In Scotland a few fanatical nonjurors may have
         grudged their allegiance to an uncovenanted king.
                                               --Sir T. E.
                                               May.

3. (Theol.) Not having entered into relationship with God
   through the appointed means of grace; also, not promised
   or assured by the divine promises or conditions; as,
   uncovenanted mercies.

 

 

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