testimony

== English == === Alternative forms === testimonie (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English testimonie, from Old French testimonie, from Latin testimōnium (“testimony”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪməni/ === Noun === testimony (countable and uncountable, plural testimonies) (law) Statements made by a witness in court. Synonym: deposition An account of first-hand experience. (religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony. Witness; evidence; proof of some fact. ==== Derived terms ==== compel testimony ==== Related terms ==== test testify testimonial testiphony ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “testimony”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “testimony”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.