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Meaning of "military covenant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MILITARY COVENANT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MILITARY COVENANT

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Military covenant is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MILITARY COVENANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Military Covenant

The Military Covenant is a term introduced in 2000 into British public life to refer to the mutual obligations between the nation and its Armed Forces. According to The Guardian, "it is an informal understanding, rather than a legally enforceable deal, but it is nevertheless treated with great seriousness within the services". It was coined in Soldiering – The Military Covenant, UK: Ministry of Defence, April 2000 , and has now entered political discourse as a way of measuring whether the government and society at large have kept to their obligations to support members of the armed forces. The Covenant is a term used mainly by the British Army, other British armed forces and the media in relation to the question of adequate safeguards, rewards and compensation for military personnel who risk their lives in obedience to military orders derived from the policy of the elected civilian government. It is argued that armed forces personnel should expect to be treated fairly by the Crown and expect the support of the nation, society and the government.

Definition of military covenant in the English dictionary

The definition of military covenant in the dictionary is the supposed understanding that members of the armed forces and their families will be supported by the state in the event of injury or death in the course of duty.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MILITARY COVENANT

militaristic
militaristically
militarization
militarize
military
military academy
military band
military base
military coup
military engineering
military honours
military law
military orchid
military pace
military police
military policeman
military service
military superiority
military training
military-industrial complex

WORDS THAT END LIKE MILITARY COVENANT

appurtenant
Ark of the Covenant
cotenant
council tenant
covenant
Davenant
first lieutenant
flight lieutenant
lieutenant
Lord Lieutenant
National Covenant
pregnant
restrictive covenant
revenant
se tenant
second lieutenant
sitting tenant
sublieutenant
subtenant
tenant
untenant

Synonyms and antonyms of military covenant in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «military covenant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MILITARY COVENANT

Find out the translation of military covenant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of military covenant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «military covenant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

军事盟约
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pacto militar
570 millions of speakers

English

military covenant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सैन्य वाचा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العهد العسكري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

военный союз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pacto militar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সামরিক চুক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alliance militaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perjanjian tentera
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Militär Bund
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軍事契約
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

군사 언약
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prajanjian militer
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

giao ước quân sự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இராணுவ உடன்படிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लष्करी करार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Askeri antlaşma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alleanza militare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przymierze wojskowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

військовий союз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

legământ militar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στρατιωτική διαθήκη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

militêre verbond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

militär förbund
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

militær pakt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of military covenant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MILITARY COVENANT»

The term «military covenant» is used very little and occupies the 180.595 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MILITARY COVENANT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about military covenant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILITARY COVENANT»

Discover the use of military covenant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to military covenant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Recruiting and Retaining Armed Forces Personnel: Fourteenth ...
The Military Covenant 192. The Royal British Legion and former and serving military leaders have called for the Military Covenant — the unwritten social and moral commitment between society and the Army — to be formalised and extended ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Defence Committee, 2008
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The Armed Forces Bill: special report of session 2010-11
Clearly, as far as the Army is concerned, we've had our own Military Covenant, and that now will dovetail, I feel, very nicely into what is proposed or what is being discussed by ourselves and officials. Admiral Montgomery: The Armed Forces ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill, 2011
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Tommy This an' Tommy That: The military covenant
military pensions remains uncertain but it has become clear that for authorities that profess to speak for the military community it will be a measure of the government's commitment to the military covenant. One thing iscertain, issueslike thisthat ...
Andrew Murrison, 2011
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Iron Britannia: Time to Take the Great out of Britain
Early in his premiership, on 25 June 2010, David Cameron addressed troops aboard HMS Ark Royal and told them, 'It's time for us to rewrite the military covenant to make sure we are doing everything we can. Whether it's the schools you send ...
Anthony Barnett, 2012
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The Armed Forces Covenant in action? Part 1: Military ...
It should be much higher up their list of priorities to look at their family situation and write a proper will before they go on ops. The other thing I would like to see relates to the Military Covenant. A very strong am in the diagrams I have seen of the ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee, 2011
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The Military Covenant: Its Impact on Civil-military ...
Today, the Military Covenant conveys the health of the civil-military relationship in Britain, not least because the judiciary has invoked it to assess the value the nation places on military service.
Sarah Ingham, King's College London. Department of War Studies, 2013
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Complex Peace Operations and Civil-Military Relations: ...
The perceived strain in the civil–military relationship is, to a large extent, based on a discussion regarding the Military Covenant in the UK. The Military Covenant is part of formal British doctrine, which states that, as soldiers are called upon to ...
Robert Egnell, 2009
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Democratic Civil-military Relations: Soldiering in ...
The Army and government issued a social contract in 2000 in order to counter the 'De-normalising of Armed Forces in society' (Military Covenant Commission 2008 : 11) and to re-emphasize the usually strong concordance among British ...
Sabine Mannitz, 2012
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Blair's Just War: Iraq and the Illusion of Morality
The only written Military Covenant during that period was to be found in British Army publications, a version of which states: Soldiers are bound by service. The nature of service is inherently unequal: soldiers may have to give more than they  ...
Peter Lee, 2011
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Ethics Education in the Military
The doctrinal statement was in Soldiering The Military Covenant (MoD (Army) 2000) alongside two versions of The Values and Standards of the British Army ( MoD 2000, 63813 and 63812), one for commanders and one for all ranks including ...
Professor Paul Robinson, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILITARY COVENANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term military covenant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nov. 11 Veterans Walk Organizers Seek Input from Local Vietnam …
Bruce Winningham, of the Greenwich Military Covenant of Care and Tom Keegan of Greenwich Silver Shield Association had their request for a ... «Greenwich Free Press, Jul 15»
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Veterans Day parade to honor Vietnam vets
The Greenwich Military Covenant of Care was formed to support local families of active duty service men and women. It also sends care ... «Greenwich Time, Jul 15»
3
Airfield development blasted as council unanimously votes against …
... Hodge was misleading the public and "trampling all over the military covenant" by linking the development with charity Homes 4 Heroes. «Salisbury Journal, Jul 15»
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Kinahan appointed to Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
... English people and ensuring that our ex-servicemen and women are not treated as second-class citizens in relation to the Military Covenant. «Newtown Abbey Times, Jul 15»
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Big Debate: Was it right for Newham Council to fly an Armed Forces …
The Military Covenant dates from 2000. In 2011, the government re-published it as the Armed Forces Covenant. It sets out the country's ... «Newham Recorder, Jul 15»
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Army hero who survived roadside bomb still waiting for NHS …
“During the elections when the Tories were talking about the military covenant for the NHS, I was sat in my living room laughing.” Sunday ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Festival Gardens venue for Armed Forces Day
... commitment to the military covenant, and acts as a lead into the national Armed Forces Day event, which this year takes place in Guildford on ... «Fife Today, Jun 15»
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Andrew Vine: A chance to honour our debt of gratitude to Armed …
Equally important is a commitment – emotional as well as financial – to the military covenant, that bond of honour which pledges in exchange ... «Yorkshire Post, Jun 15»
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Councils must do more to keep covenant with Armed Forces says …
Government 'breaking military covenant over veterans' care' · Wounded war veterans forced to fund their own care · Wounded veterans ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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MP reiterates call for a military covenant
Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson has reiterated the need for the Ministry of Defence to introduce a Military Covenant in Northern Ireland to ... «Ulster Star, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Military covenant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/military-covenant>. Apr 2024 ».
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