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English

Alternative forms

• testimonie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin testim?nium (“testimony”), from testis (“a witness”). See test.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?st?mo?ni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?st?m?ni/

Noun

testimony (countable and uncountable, plural testimonies)

1. (law) Statements made by a witness in court.
2. An account of first-hand experience.
3. (religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.
4. Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

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

Synonyms

• (law) deposition

Derived terms

• compel testimony
• testimonial

Related terms

• test
• testify

Translations

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.

English

Alternative forms

• testatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin testator (“one who makes a will, in Late Latin also one who bears witness”), from testari (“to bear witness, make a will”). See testament.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?s?te?.t?/

Noun

testator (plural testators)

1. (law) One who dies having made a legally valid will.

Related terms

• intestate
• testament
• testatrix
• testify
• testimonial
• testimony

Translations

See also

• executor

Further reading

• testator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• testator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• attestor

Latin

Etymology

testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will”) +? -?tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tes?ta?.tor/, [t??s??t?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tes?ta.tor/, [t??s?t???t??r]

Noun

test?tor m (genitive test?t?ris, feminine test?tr?x); third declension

1. testator
2. witness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

test?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of testor
2. third-person singular future active imperative of testor

References

• testator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• testator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• testator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From Latin test?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??sta.t?r/

Noun

testator m pers (feminine testatorka)

1. testator, legator, devisor

   Synonym: spadkodawca

Declension

Further reading

• testator in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• testator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French testateur, from Latin testator.

Noun

testator m (plural testatori)

1. testator

Declension