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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

Etymology

From Late Latin test?tr?x, feminine of Latin test?tor (“one who makes a will”); see testator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?s?te?t??ks/
• Rhymes: -e?t??ks

Noun

testatrix (plural testatrices or testatrixes)

1. (law) A female testator.

Related terms

• testament
• testator
• testify
• testimonial
• testimony

References

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tes?ta?.tri?ks/, [t??s??t?ä?t??i?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tes?ta.triks/, [t??s?t???t??iks]

Noun

test?tr?x f (genitive test?tr?cis, masculine test?tor); third declension

1. a female testator; testatrix

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• testatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• testatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette