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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a profession of belief;
- Example: "he stated his political testament"

2. a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die;
[syn: will, testament]

3. strong evidence for something;
- Example: "his easy victory was a testament to his skill"

4. either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 disposal of his estate and effects after his death. [1913 Webster] Note: This is otherwise called a will, and sometimes a last will and testament. A testament, to be valid, must be made by a person of sound mind; and it must be executed and published in due form of law. A man, in certain cases, may make a valid will by word of mouth only. See Nuncupative will, under Nuncupative. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] He is the mediator of the new testament . . . for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament. --Heb. ix. 15. [1913 Webster] Holographic testament, a testament written wholly by the testator himself. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

testament n 1: a profession of belief; "he stated his political testament" 2: a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die [syn: will, testament] 3: strong evidence for something; "his easy victory was a testament to his skill" 4: either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible