Testament
['testəm(ə)nt] or ['tɛstəmənt]
Definition
(noun.) a profession of belief; 'he stated his political testament'.
(noun.) either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible.
(noun.) strong evidence for something; 'his easy victory was a testament to his skill'.
Edited by Jonathan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.
(n.) One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.
Edited by Joanne
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Will, last will and testament.
Editor: Noreen
Definition
n. that which testifies or in which an attestation is made: the solemn declaration in writing of one's will: a will: a dispensation as of the Mosaic or old and the Christian or new one of the two great divisions of the Bible.—n. Tes′tacy state of being testate.—adjs. Testamen′tal Testamen′tary pertaining to a testament or will: bequeathed or done by will.—adv. Testamen′tarily.—adj. Tes′tāte having made and left a will.—ns. Testā′tion a witnessing a giving by will; Testā′tor one who leaves a will;—fem. Testā′trix; Testā′tum one of the clauses of an English deed enumerating the operative words of transfer statement of consideration money &c.
Editor: Peter
Examples
- I read among my notes, now, with a new interest, some sentences from an edition of 1621 of the Apocryphal New Testament. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I mistook the chapter, and book, and Testament--gospel for law, Acts for Genesis, the city of Jerusalem for the plain of Shinar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The friend in whose house he was located witnessed his testament. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was in dreadful earnest and made me swear, with my hands on the Testament, that whatever happened I would always be true to him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They thought Jesus was a rebel against the cruelty of the God of the Old Testament, and not his harmonious son. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- See and do that; and take out the topmost paper--Last Will and Testament--big printed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The rich man, who had in a manner revised the New Testament, and already entered into the kingdom of Heaven. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Joseph is one of the truly great men of the Old Testament. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Iron, somewhat more refractory, appeared later, but it also has an early history, and is mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible (Genesis iv. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This modern town--Tiberias--is only mentioned in the New Testament; never in the Old. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And even then, dear boy, said he, pulling a greasy little clasped black Testament out of his pocket, we'll have him on his oath. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Cyril Hall, on his part, also placed a sprig in safety between the leaves of a pocket Testament. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Lord hath ordained to every man the share of his inheritance; a testament is not lawful to the prejudice of heirs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All the rest he died possessed of, he bequeathed to Peggotty; whom he left residuary legatee, and sole executrix of that his last will and testament. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But before I go I want to make my last will and testament--I want to leave you the Brys. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The ‘Biblia Pauperum’ means ‘Bible for the Poor,’ and is a series of scenes from the Old and New Testaments. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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