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Testament   /tˈɛstəmənt/   Listen
Testament

noun
1.
A profession of belief.
2.
A legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die.  Synonym: will.
3.
Strong evidence for something.
4.
Either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible.



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"Testament" Quotes from Famous Books



... except by decree of a court of record after tedious formality and the assumption of onerous responsibilities on the part of the master; and it was absolutely forbidden to be done by testament. ...
— Bricks Without Straw • Albion W. Tourgee
... allow me to hint to you that in my testament you are only a tenant-at-will. I consider it a duty that I owe to the family that the estate should be re-united. That can only be done by one of our family marrying Miss Percival; and as you will not, I shall now write to your cousin James, and ...
— The Three Cutters • Captain Frederick Marryat
... Noan o' us con howd up aar yeds baat it. Him as has put us here expects us to show yon lass o' Stott's same as He's shown to us Hissel'. There's one bit o' readin' i' th' New Testament as noan o' yo' has had owt to say abaat—I mean where th' Lord tells o' th' two debtors. Th' fust geet let off; but when he wouldn't let his mate off, it were a sore job for him. Durnd yo' think as th' Almeety cares as mich abaat us as we care for aar childer? I somehaa thinks He does. Didn't him ...
— Lancashire Idylls (1898) • Marshall Mather
... of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation ...
— Many Thoughts of Many Minds - A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age • Various
... is a statement of his more important donations during his life, including the bequests contained in his last will and testament: ...
— Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made • James D. McCabe, Jr.


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