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Covenant may refer to:

• Covenant (religion), a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general
  • Covenant (biblical), in the Hebrew Bible
  • Covenant in Mormonism, a sacred agreement between God and a person or group of people
  • Covenant of allegiance in Ahmadiyya Islam, which requires followers to fulfill the Ten Conditions of Bai'at
  • Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, in the Bahá'í faith, two separate binding agreements between God and man
    • Greater Covenant, the covenant made between each Manifestation from God and his followers regarding the coming of the next Manifestation from God
    • Lesser Covenant, regarding the successorship of authority within the religion
  • Covenant theology, in Christianity interpretations of a covenant surrounding Jesus's death and resurrection
  • Mosaic covenant, a biblical covenant between God and the biblical Israelites, including their proselytes.
  • New Covenant theology, a Christian theological position teaching that the Old Testament laws have been abrogated or cancelled with Jesus' crucifixion, and replaced with the Law of Christ of the New Covenant
  • New Covenant, a biblical interpretation often thought of as an eschatological Messianic Age or world to come and is related to the biblical concept of the Kingdom of God
  • Solemn League and Covenant, an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War
• Church covenant, a promise made by members to each other within a Christian church

• Covenant (law), a promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action (including restrictive covenant, a restriction on the use of property).

• The Covenant (film), a 2006 supernatural horror film
• Covenant (Alias), a powerful and secretive fictional terrorist organization in the TV show Alias
• "Covenant" (DS9 episode), an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• "Covenant" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
• Covenant (TV film), a 1985 TV film with James Saito
• "The Covenant", a third-season episode of Walker, Texas Ranger
• Alien: Covenant, a second prequel of the Alien franchise.
  • Covenant, fictional spaceship from the 2017 film Alien: Covenant
• "The Covenant" (Homeland), a sixth-season episode of Homeland

• "Covenant (short story)", a short story by Elizabeth Bear
• Covenant (World of Darkness), in the fictional World of Darkness universe
• The Covenant (novel), a novel by James Michener set in South Africa
• Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, the protagonist of a series of fantasy novels by Stephen R. Donaldson

• Covenant (band), a Swedish band
• Covenant, former name of the Norwegian band The Kovenant
• Covenant (Greg Brown album)
• Covenant (Morbid Angel album), the third album by death metal band Morbid Angel
• Covenant (UFO album), the 16th album by heavy metal band UFO

• Covenant (Halo), a religious alliance of alien races in the Halo video game series
• Shadow Hearts: Covenant, console role-playing game developed by Nautilus and published by Midway in 2004
• Daggerfall Covenant, a faction in MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online
• The Covenant, a 1985 video game by PSS software
• Covenant, the name of a Settlement in Fallout 4

• Covenant marriage, a marriage contract that does not allow for no-fault divorce
• Covenant theology, a form of Calvinist philosophy which views all of history under the aspect of God's covenants

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