Noun

(testimonies)

(legal) statements made by a witness in court.

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, date = 21 August 2012 , first = Ed , last = Pilkington , title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , newspaper = The Guardian , url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/death-penalty-trial-reggie-clemons?newsfeed=true , page = , passage = The Missouri prosecutors' case against Clemons, based partly on incriminating testimony given by his co-defendants, was that Clemons was part of a group of four youths who accosted the sisters on the Chain of Rocks Bridge one dark night in April 1991. }}

An account of first-hand experience.

* Milton

[Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne / Universal reproach.

In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion.

Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

* Bible Mark vi. 11

When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.

Noun

(en noun)

(legal) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s).

One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion: the New Testament, considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures, and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament.

A tangible proof or tribute.

A credo, expression of conviction

''The prime minister's speech was a glowing testament to the cabinet's undying commitment to the royal cause