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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 51Թ Forms
- ·ٱt·n noun plural pretestimonies
- ·ٱt·n noun plural retestimonies
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of testimony1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of testimony1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
First, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that federal authorities may once again seek reporters’ phone records and compel their testimony in leak investigations.
Because the company and its lawyers did not correct Roman’s testimony, “Apple will be held to have adopted the lies and misrepresentations to this court,” the judge wrote.
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.
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