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tes·ti·mo·ny

(tĕs′tə-mō′nē)

n. pl. tes·ti·mo·nies

a. A declaration by a witness under oath, as that given before a court or deliberative body.

b. All such declarations, spoken or written, offered in a legal case or deliberative hearing.

2. Evidence in support of a fact or assertion; proof.

3. A public declaration regarding a religious experience.

a. In the Bible, the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments.

b. The ark containing these tablets.

[Middle English, from Old French testimonie, from Latin testimōnium, from testis, witness; see testify.]

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testimony

(ˈtɛstɪmənɪ)

n, pl -nies

1. a declaration of truth or fact

2. (Law) 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. (Bible) 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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tes•ti•mo•ny

(ˈtɛs təˌmoʊ ni; esp. Brit. -mə ni)

n., pl. -nies.

1. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath, usu. in court.

2. evidence in support of a fact or statement; proof.

3. open declaration or profession, as of faith.

4. the Decalogue as inscribed on the two tables of the law. Ex. 16:34; 25:16.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin testimōnium=testi(s) witness + -mōnium -mony]

testimony

Evidence given under oath by a person, especially statements made by a witness in court.

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Noun	1.	testimony - a solemn statement made under oath evidence - (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved witness - testimony by word or deed to your religious faith declaration - (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction; "his declaration of innocence" attestation - the action of bearing witness affidavit - written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath subornation - perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	testimony - an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact; "according to his own testimony he can't do it" assertion, asseveration, averment - a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
	3.	testimony - something that serves as evidence; "his effort was testimony to his devotion" testimonial evidence - an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear" good authority - testimony by someone who should know; "I have it on good authority" testament - strong evidence for something; "his easy victory was a testament to his skill"

testimony

noun

1. evidence, information, statement, witness, profession, declaration, confirmation, submission, affirmation, affidavit, deposition, corroboration, avowal, attestation His testimony was an important element of the case.

2. proof, evidence, demonstration, indication, support, manifestation, verification, corroboration Her living room piled with documents is a testimony to her dedication to her work. see testimonial

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testimony

noun

1. A formal declaration of truth or fact given under oath:

witness.

Law: deposition.

2. That which confirms:

attestation, authentication, confirmation, corroboration, demonstration, evidence, proof, substantiation, testament, testimonial, validation, verification, warrant.

Translations

شَهادَه

svědectví

vidneudsagn

Zeugnis Aussage

testimonio declaración fe

todistus

témoignage

svjedočanstvo

tanúvallomás

vitnisburîur

testimonianza

rekomendacinis laiškas

liecība

getuigenis

vitneforklaring

testemunho

показание свидетельство

svedectvo

pričanje

tanıklık

证词

testimony

[ˈtestɪmənɪ] N (Jur) (= statement in court) → testimonio m, declaración f (fig) (= indication of sth) → muestra f, señal f
in testimony whereof (frm) → en fe de lo cual ...
to bear testimony to sth → atestiguar algo, dar fe de algo

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testimony

[ˈtɛstɪməni] n

(LAW) [witness] (= statement) → témoignage m, déposition f

(= testament, proof) → témoignage m
to be testimony to sth → être le témoignage de qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

testimony

n → Aussage f; he gave his testimony → er machte seine Aussage; to bear testimony to something → etw bezeugen; accept this gift as testimony of or to my friendship → nehmen Sie dieses Geschenk als Zeichen or Beweis meiner Freundschaft

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testimony

[ˈtɛstɪmənɪ] n (Law) → testimonianza, deposizione f

testimony

(ˈtestiməni) – plural ˈtestimonies – noun

the statement(s) made by a person or people who testify in a law-court; evidence. The jury listened to his testimony.

testiˈmonial (-ˈmouniəl) noun

a (written) statement saying what one knows about a person's character, abilities etc. When applying for a job, one usually needs a testimonial from one's last employer.

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Hence the doctor at once asked them to give their official testimony of his arrival at the cataracts of Gouina.

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[This sentence in the testimony was stricken out.] As we got out of the carriage at the gate of the field, and while Sam was hanging [sic] the team to the fence, Mrs.

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Van der School, Hiram was summoned to the bar to give his testimony. It was delivered to the letter, perhaps, but with all that moral coloring which can be conveyed under such expressions as, “thinking no harm,” “feeling it my bounden duty as a magistrate,” and “seeing that the constable was back’ard in the business.” When he had done, and the district attorney declined putting any further interrogatories, Mr.

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He had a feeling that the testimony of the foremen and the superintendent had brought about the adverse decision of the court.

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If you interfere to balk his vengeance, you should remember there is one way to shut your testimony out; and that is to put you in the dock.

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And does not the slave system, by denying the slave all legal right of testimony, make every individual owner an irresponsible despot?

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In this scrap-book is such testimony relating to my shady side, as I have within the past ten years been able to cut from the columns of my competitors in the business of elevating humanity to a higher plane of mind and morals - my 'loathsome contemporaries.'"

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Most unwilling was his testimony, and given with many tears; but he admitted that two years since, when residing at York, he was suddenly afflicted with a sore disease, while labouring for Isaac the rich Jew, in his vocation of a joiner; that he had been unable to stir from his bed until the remedies applied by Rebecca's directions, and especially a warming and spicy-smelling balsam, had in some degree restored him to the use of his limbs.

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In either of these cases the prisoner's Declaration of his innocence would claim the support of testimony, which, however indirect it might be, no honest and intelligent men would be likely to resist.

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Testimonials representing Mrs General as a prodigy of piety, learning, virtue, and gentility, were lavishly contributed from influential quarters; and one venerable archdeacon even shed tears in recording his testimony to her perfections

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This had been Silas's testimony, though he clutched strongly at the idea of the pedlar's being the culprit, if only because it gave him a definite image of a whereabout for his gold after it had been taken away from its hiding-place: he could see it now in the pedlar's box.

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This obscure but vigorous testimony has its price, its significance, and its lesson.