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   testament

   /ˈtɛstəm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a person's will, especially the part relating to personal property: "father's will and testament"
   • 2. something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality: "growing attendance figures are a testament to the event's popularity"
   • 3. (in biblical use) a covenant or dispensation.
   • ▪ a division of the Bible.
   • ▪ a copy of the New Testament: "he was able to buy a Testament"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin testamentum ‘a will’ (from testari ‘testify’), in Christian Latin also translating Greek diathēkē ‘covenant’.

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