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testimony

[ tes-tuh-moh-nee, or, especially British, -muh-nee ]

noun

plural testimonies.
  1. Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.

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  2. evidence in support of a fact or statement; proof.

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  3. open declaration or profession, as of faith.

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  4. Usually testimonies. the precepts of God.
  5. the Decalogue as inscribed on the two tablets of the law, or the ark in which the tablets were kept. Exodus 16:34; 25:16.
  6. Archaic. a declaration of disapproval; protest.


testimony

/ ˈ³ÙÉ›²õ³Ùɪ³¾É™²Ôɪ /

noun

  1. a declaration of truth or fact
  2. law evidence given by a witness, esp orally in court under oath or affirmation
  3. evidence testifying to something

    her success was a testimony to her good luck

  4. Old Testament
    1. the Ten Commandments, as inscribed on the two stone tables
    2. the Ark of the Covenant as the receptacle of these (Exodus 25:16; 16:34)
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù±ð·³Ù±ð²õt¾±Â·³¾´Çn²â noun plural pretestimonies
  • °ù±ð·³Ù±ð²õt¾±Â·³¾´Çn²â noun plural retestimonies
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of testimony1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin ³Ù±ð²õ³Ù¾±³¾Å²Ô¾±³Ü³¾, equivalent to testi(s) “witness†+ -³¾Å²Ô¾±³Ü³¾ noun suffix; -mony
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of testimony1

C15: from Latin ³Ù±ð²õ³Ù¾±³¾Å²Ô¾±³Ü³¾, from testis witness
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According to various testimonies, this was about the time Yoon's martial law plot began to take shape.

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Liu noted that belief could have been based on the prosecution’s gang expert’s testimony that “snitching was not allowed within gang culture, even if someone was snitching on a rival gang.â€

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He has noted in congressional testimony that the agency’s employee cadre had reached a 50-year low, even as the number of recipients reached a record.

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We have also spoken to two women whose testimony helped convict Zou - who will be sentenced in June.

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Despite hours of passionate testimony, the outcome was never really in question in a California Legislature where Democrats hold a supermajority and Republicans possess little power.

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