testament

testament
/tes"teuh meuhnt/, n.
1. Law.
a. a will, esp. one that relates to the disposition of one's personal property.
b. will2 (def. 8).
2. either of the two major portions of the Bible: the Mosaic or old covenant or dispensation, or the Christian or new covenant or dispensation.
3. (cap.) the New Testament, as distinct from the Old Testament.
4. (cap.) a copy of the New Testament.
5. a covenant, esp. between God and humans.
[1250-1300; ME: will, covenant < L testamentum, equiv. to testa(ri) to bear witness (see TESTATE) + -mentum -MENT]

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      in literature, a tribute or an expression of conviction, as in Thomas Usk's prose allegory The Testament of Love (c. 1384) and Robert Bridges's poem The Testament of Beauty (1929). A literary testament can also be a kind of last will and testament, a form that was popular in France and England during the 15th century. The mock legacies Le Petit Testament and Le Grand Testament of François Villon are well-known examples, as is Robert Henryson's The Testament of Cresseid, which completes the story of Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.

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  • testament — [ tɛstamɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1120; lat. ecclés. testamentum, pour traduire le gr. diathêkê « disposition testamentaire, convention », et pour traduire l hébr. berith « alliance » I ♦ Relig. chrét. 1 ♦ Vx Alliance. « Ils ne sont point demeurés dans mon… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Testament — Tes ta*ment, n. [F., fr. L. testamentum, fr. testari to be a witness, to make one s last will, akin to testis a witness. Cf. {Intestate}, {Testify}.] 1. (Law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • testament — [tes′tə mənt] n. [OFr < LL(Ec) testamentum, Testament (in N.T., transl. of Gr diathēkē, covenant) < L, a will < testari, to testify, make a will < testis, a witness: see TESTIFY] 1. Obs. a covenant, esp. one between God and man 2. [T… …   English World dictionary

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