testimony

Speech parts

1. testimony - Noun

2. testimony - Verb

Meaning

A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians.

Open attestation; profession.

The two tables of the law.

Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre/ Scriptures.

To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

evidence proof witness confirmation affirmation attestation averment fact information record material report account oath testament
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Antonyms

fact challenge confusion contrary fantasy comment
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Hypernyms

evidence assertion asseveration averment

Hyponyms

declaration affidavit attestation good authority

Related terms

test testify testimonial testiphony

Phrases with the word

bear testimony give testimony giving false testimony written testimony oral testimony documented testimony

Derivatives

testimonies

Examples

Whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the holy Scriptures; in whatever place you live, do not easily leave it. Keep these three precepts and you will be saved. Anthony the Great

No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish. David Hume

The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner. Albert Jay Nock

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. Immanuel Kant

The testimony of one eyewitness is worth more than the hearsay of a hundred. Sicilian Proverb

Make your testimony and confessions while you're eating sausages and macaroni. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

testimonializer testimonie testimonio testiness testing testing agent