covenant of salt

1. archaic An agreement or union between two or more parties meant to be binding and long-lasting. An allusion to such a covenant mentioned in the Bible (especially in II Chronicles 13:15), which is itself a reference to salt's function as a preservative. There is an interminable covenant of salt between the stock market and the whole of the US economy.

2. A traditional ceremony of marriage, in which each person exchanges a pinch of salt into a single receptacle, symbolizing an eternal and binding union. Though the meaning was perhaps lost on our younger guests, the covenant of salt at our wedding was a simple but meaningful symbol of our devotion to a new life together.

词组	covenant of salt
释义	covenant of salt covenant of salt 1. archaic An agreement or union between two or more parties meant to be binding and long-lasting. An allusion to such a covenant mentioned in the Bible (especially in II Chronicles 13:15), which is itself a reference to salt's function as a preservative. There is an interminable covenant of salt between the stock market and the whole of the US economy. 2. A traditional ceremony of marriage, in which each person exchanges a pinch of salt into a single receptacle, symbolizing an eternal and binding union. Though the meaning was perhaps lost on our younger guests, the covenant of salt at our wedding was a simple but meaningful symbol of our devotion to a new life together. See also: of, salt Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: hewers of wood and drawers of water end game (as) old as Adam Adam as old as Adam a security blanket game is not worth the candle, the strike out at (something or some place) hit (something) out of the (ball)park sixty-nine References in periodicals archive God's relationship to the Davidic dynasty is a permanent covenant of salt (II Chron. THE ETERNAL DAVIDIC COVENANT IN II SAMUEL CHAPTER 7 AND ITS LATER MANIFESTATIONS IN THE BIBLE To break the "covenant of salt" is a great offense. The similes of salt and light Salt became a sign of binding commitment and came into biblical language about "a covenant of salt." Salt a symbol of commitment, desolation
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