testimony
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈtɛstɪməni/
Noun

testimony

  1. (legal) Statements made by a witness in court.
    Synonyms: deposition
  2. An account of first-hand experience.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:
      [Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne / Universal reproach.
  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.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Mark 6:11 ↗:
      When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.
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