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Definition of Testimony
1. Noun. A solemn statement made under oath.
Specialized synonyms: Witness, Declaration, Attestation, Affidavit, Subornation
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Testify, Testimonial
2. Noun. An assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact. "According to his own testimony he can't do it"
3. Noun. Something that serves as evidence. "His effort was testimony to his devotion"
Generic synonyms: Evidence
Specialized synonyms: Good Authority, Testament
Derivative terms: Testimonial, Testify, Testify, Testimonial
Definition of Testimony
1. n. A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.
2. v. t. To witness; to attest; to prove by testimony.
Definition of Testimony
1. Noun. statements made by a witness in court. ¹
2. Noun. An account of first-hand experience. ¹
3. Noun. In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Testimony
1. [n -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Testimony
Literary usage of Testimony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Before the testimony of an expert witness is admitted, he must be qualified as
an expert; in other words it must be shown by his own testimony that he has a ..."
2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"After the order was obtained, Hakim produced his records, and equally important,
assisted in interpreting them through his compelled testimony. ..."
3. A Treatise on Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David Hume, Thomas Hill Green, Thomas Hodge Grose (1882)
"But unless the simple idea is so interpreted, the senses have no testimony to give.
If it is so interpreted, no extraneous ' reason to rely upon the ..."
4. The Logical Bases of Education by James Welton (1899)
"observation need not remain testimony, and so need not detain us. But we must
enquire what tests of accuracy it is possible to apply to testimony which can ..."
5. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim (1883)
"We see it in his more emphasised testimony to the Christ; in his fuller comprehension
of those prophecies which had formed the warrant and substance of His ..."
6. Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses (1988)
"Many times it is undoubtedly difficult for the layperson to perceive, from a
vocal explanation alone, the full importance of an expert's testimony, ..."
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