Definition of "testament" []

• Something that serves as tangible proof or evidence: The spacious plan of the city is a testament to the foresight of its founders. (noun)
• A statement of belief; a credo: my political testament. (noun)
• Law A written document providing for the disposition of a person's property after death; a will. (noun)
• Bible Either of the two main divisions of the Bible. (noun)
• Archaic A covenant between humans and God. (noun)

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• "Hence, besides, it is doing no service to the interpretation of the Scriptures, to attempt to shew that in the passage of the Epistle to the Hebrews, [455] where the covenant is represented as a testament, either that the term διαθηχη there, must have only the meaning _testament_, or that it must be rendered _covenant_ exclusively throughout."
• "The term testament is derived from two words which mean a signifying of intention."
• "They found paperback books with his wife's name on them, the Utah map and what they referred to as a "testament.""