testament

Noun

Meaning

A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.

One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

memorial scripture bible septuagint gospel remembrance will evidence record covenant credo philosophy instrument proof tribute

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Antonyms

assumption abortion contradiction conjecture curse denial

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Hypernyms

creed credo instrument religious text legal document official document

Hyponyms

New Testament devise Old Testament

Phrases with the word

ancient testament christian testament the first six books of the old testament in the new testament

Anagrams

statement Amstetten

Examples

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. Joseph Campbell

All social space is suffused with political meanings and agendas, the very stones and walls a kind of testament to the ongoing struggles for liberation and justices. Mark Kingwell

So long as the New Testament served to decipher the Old, it was taken as an absolute norm. Paul Ricœur

A fat kitchen, a lean testament. Italian Proverb

What's in your wame's not in your testament. English Proverb

Amen, said the minister, he hit the old lady in the head with the New Testament. Swedish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

testacy testae testalgia testamental testamentally testamentarily