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halfway covenant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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A form of partial church membership adopted by the Puritan-controlled Congregational churches of colonial New England in the 1660s, allowing baptized but unconverted parents to present their own children for baptism, but denying them the other privileges of church membership.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: Christianity

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