Opposed to covenanting or the act of making religious and political covenants, particularly in Scottish history.
From anti- (against) + covenanting (from covenant + -ing). A historical term describing opposition to covenant-making movements.
The anticovenanting forces during the Scottish Reformation used laws and violence to suppress covenant-signers—making the signed documents themselves symbols of dangerous rebellion.
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