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testimony
[ tes-tuh-moh-nee, or, especially British, -muh-nee ]
noun
- Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
Synonyms: ,
- evidence in support of a fact or statement; proof.
Synonyms:
- open declaration or profession, as of faith.
Synonyms:
- Usually testimonies. the precepts of God.
- the Decalogue as inscribed on the two tablets of the law, or the ark in which the tablets were kept. Exodus 16:34; 25:16.
- Archaic. a declaration of disapproval; protest.
testimony
/ ˈɛɪəɪ /
noun
- a declaration of truth or fact
- law evidence given by a witness, esp orally in court under oath or affirmation
- evidence testifying to something
her success was a testimony to her good luck
- Old Testament
- the Ten Commandments, as inscribed on the two stone tables
- the Ark of the Covenant as the receptacle of these (Exodus 25:16; 16:34)
Other Word Forms
- ·ٱt·n noun plural pretestimonies
- ·ٱt·n noun plural retestimonies
Word History and Origins
Origin of testimony1
Word History and Origins
Origin of testimony1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The reports included testimony from students who described feeling alienated and pressured to conceal their identity from their peers and educators.
This is testimony to his inheritance from Klopp, but also to the shrewd strategy he employed to such triumphant effect.
There had been the written testimony of a few escapees.
He added that Rodrigues had admitted to taking part in anti-democratic acts in her testimony to police, and that gaps in messages on her phone suggested she had attempted to conceal evidence.
"It's a testimony to the market's response," he said.
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