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Synonyms for testimony

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tes-tuh-moh-nee, or, esp. British, -muh-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛs təˌmoʊ ni, or, esp. British, -mə ni

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Définition of testimony

Origin :
  • late 14c., "the Ten Commandments," from Late Latin testimonium (Vulgate), along with Greek to martyrion (Septuagint), translations of Hebrew 'eduth "attestation, testimony" (of the Decalogue), from 'ed "witness." Meaning "evidence, statement of a witness" first recorded early 15c., from Old French testimonie (11c.), from Latin testimonium "evidence, proof, testimony," from testis "witness" (see testament) + -monium, suffix signifying action, state, condition.
  • noun declaration about truth; proof
Example sentences :
  • The testimony of Pericles, Alcibiades, and Plato, confirmed the truth of his words.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Having never tasted it, I can bear no testimony to its quality.
  • Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Testimony to be presently noted will indicate the importance of this statement.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • I promised to go on, and see Lemuel Bryant, and obtain his testimony.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The question of testimony in such matters is the difficult thing.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Will the jury believe him with no other testimony at his back?
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Your Mrs. Stowe says so, and it is so, without her testimony.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • Under those circumstances even, I do not offer my testimony.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • You claim these voices, I know, as testimony against slavery.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.

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