| testament | proof, evidence; (Law) will; (Judaism and Christianity) covenant between God and man | en | (isim) | en |
| testament | a profession of belief; "he stated his political testament" either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible strong evidence for something; "his easy victory was a testament to his skill | en | en |
| testament | A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death | en | en |
| testament | 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 | en | en |
| testament | a profession of belief; "he stated his political testament" | en | en |
| testament | either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible strong evidence for something; "his easy victory was a testament to his skill | en | en |
| testament | If one thing is a testament to another, it shows that the other thing exists or is true. Braka's house, just off Sloane Square, is a testament to his Gothic tastes = testimony | en | en |
| testament | Someone's last will and testament is the most recent will that they have made, especially the last will that they make before they die. see also New Testament, Old Testament | en | en |
| testament | a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die | en | en |
| testament | strong evidence for something; "his easy victory was a testament to his skill" | en | en |
| testament | either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible | en | en |
| testament | Another word for a will | en | en |
| testament | The disposition of one's personal property by will | en | en |
| testament | Latin for Covenant Old Testament and New Testament are Old and New Covenants | en | en |
| testament | Another name for a Will There is no legal distinction between a Will and a testament | en | en |
| testament | Another name for Will | en | en |
| testament | Another term for a will Commonly referred to as "last will and testament " | en | en |
| testament | A will | en | en |
| testament | A Covenant or promise made between God and his people to agree that He would be our God and we his people Only people of Faith (who believe God) can enter into this covenant relationship This agreement is usually ratified by a blood sacrifice Old Testament Was a temporary covenant made with God's people (Israel) until the permanent covenant could be ratified by the perfect sacrifice This covenant used the blood of clean animals New Testament Is a permanent covenant made with God's people when the perfect sacrifice was given This is Jesus Christ See Covenant | en | en |
| testament | (Will), a document that deals with the disposition of or property upon death | en | en |
| testament | A contract; the Old and New Testaments constitute the Christian scriptures A contract; the Old and New Testaments constitute the Christian scriptures | en | en |
| testament | occurs twelve times in the New Testament (Heb 9:15, etc ) as the rendering of the Gr diatheke, which is twenty times rendered "covenant" in the Authorized Version, and always so in the Revised Version The Vulgate translates incorrectly by testamentum, whence the names "Old" and "New Testament," by which we now designate the two sections into which the Bible is divided (See BIBLE ) | en | en |
| testament | a will Generally to dispose of personal property Common usage employs the words will, testament, and last will and testament as synonyms | en | en |
| testament | A person!s will | en | en |
| testament | Witness, proof of | en | en |
| testament | a documentary witness or testifier to something; in the Bible, specifically, the two Testaments are witnesses, respectively, to the relations between God and Israel, and to the work of God in Jesus Christ and in the beginnings of the Christian Church | en | en |
n:testaments / Etymology :Middle English, from Late Latin and Latin; Late Latin testamentum covenant with God, holy scripture, from Latin, last will, from testari to be a witness, call to witness, make a will, from testis witness; akin to Latin tres three and to Latin stare to sta. Pronunciation :'tes-t&-m&nt. Function :noun. Date :14th century.
