Pronunciation Noun
testimony
- (legal) Statements made by a witness in court.
- An account of first-hand experience.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 6”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- [Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne / Universal reproach.
- (religion) In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion.
- Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Mark 6:11 ↗:
- When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.
- (law) deposition
- French: témoignage
- German: Zeugnis
- Italian: testimonianza
- Portuguese: testemunho
- Russian: показа́ние
- Spanish: testimonio
- Russian: свиде́тельство
- French: témoignage
- French: témoignage
- German: Zeugnis
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