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testimony

[tes-tuh-moh-nee, or, especially Brit., -muh-nee]

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noun, plural -nies.

Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.

evidence in support of a fact or statement; proof.

open declaration or profession, as of faith.

Usually, testimonies. the precepts of God.

the Decalogue as inscribed on the two tables of the law, or the ark in which the tables were kept. Ex. 16:34; 25:16.

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Archaic. a declaration of disapproval; protest.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin testimōnium, equivalent to testi(s) witness + -mōnium -mony

Related forms

pre·tes·ti·mo·ny, noun, plural -nies.

re·tes·ti·mo·ny, noun, plural -nies.

Synonyms
1. deposition, attestation. See evidence. 2. corroboration. 3. affirmation.

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testimony (ˈtɛstɪmənɪ)

—n , pl -nies
1.	a declaration of truth or fact
2.	law evidence given by a witness, esp orally in court under oath or affirmation
3.	evidence testifying to something: her success was a testimony to her good luck
4.	Old Testament
	a. the Ten Commandments, as inscribed on the two stone tables
	b. the Ark of the Covenant as the receptacle of these (Exodus 25:16; 16:34)

[C15: from Latin testimōnium, from testis witness]

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Word Origin & History

testimony

late 14c., "the Ten Commandments," from L.L. testimonium (Vulgate), along with Gk. to martyrion (Septuagint), translations of Heb. 'eduth "attestation, testimony" (of the Decalogue), from 'ed "witness." Meaning "evidence, statement of a witness" first recorded early 15c., from O.Fr. testimonie (11c.),

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from L. testimonium "evidence, proof, testimony," from testis "witness" (see testament) + -monium, suffix signifying "action, state, condition."

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Bible Dictionary

Testimony definition

(1.) Witness or evidence (2 Thess. 1:10). (2.) The Scriptures, as the revelation of God's will (2 Kings 11:12; Ps. 19:7; 119:88; Isa. 8:16, 20). (3.) The altar raised by the Gadites and Reubenites (Josh. 22:10).

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"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it: they must not do too much of it: and they must have a sense of success in it—not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of others for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or rather knowledge, that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it."

-W.H. Auden

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