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s of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter. He is the mediator of the new testament . . . for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament. Heb. ix. 15. Hologr…

Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary. Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. J. Montgomery.

Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary.

The act or power of giving by testament, or will. [R.] Burke.

To make a will. [Obs.] Fuller.

l of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. South. Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate. Burke.

o something not originally referred to or intended. Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. Paley.

A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word "Lord".

itual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Hom…

s) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.

the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

Relating to an issue of fulfillment. In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment. M. Stuart.

To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property. My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak.

ch writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible.…

rally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( J. B. Lightfoot.

The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.

The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.

An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.

gs can bear comparison with them. Macaulay. The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. Trench.