English Online Dictionary. What means testimony? What does testimony mean?
English
Alternative forms
- testimonie (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English testimonie, from Old French testimonie, from Latin testimōnium (“testimony”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪməni/
Noun
testimony (countable and uncountable, plural testimonies)
- (law) Statements made by a witness in court.
- Synonym: deposition
- An account of first-hand experience.
- (religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.
- Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
Derived terms
- compel testimony
Related terms
- test
- testify
- testimonial
Translations
Further reading
- “testimony”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “testimony”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.