TESTIMONY

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

2.
n.

Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians.

3.
n.

Open attestation; profession. [Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne Universal reproach. Milton.

4.
n.

Witness; evidence; proof of some fact. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark vi. 11.

5.
n.

The two tables of the law. Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. Ex. xxv. 16.

6.
n.

Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. Ps. xix. 7.

7.
v.

To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony. [Obs.] Shak.


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