testimony
English
Alternative forms
- testimonie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin testimōnium (“testimony”), from testis (“a witness”). See test.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪməni/
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Noun
testimony (countable and uncountable, plural testimonies)
- (law) Statements made by a witness in court.
- 2012 August 21, Pilkington, Ed, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:
- 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.
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- An account of first-hand experience.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- [Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne / Universal reproach.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- (religion) In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion.
- Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible Mark vi. 11
- When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible Mark vi. 11
Derived terms
Translations
statement in court
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account of first-hand experience
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personal account of conversion
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witness, evidence proof of some fact
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Further reading
- testimony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- testimony in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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