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testimony

tes.ti.mo.ny \'tes-t*-.mo--ne-\ n [ME, fr. LL & L; LL testimonium 
   Decalogue, fr. L, evidence, witness, fr.]testis witness - more at TESTAMENT 
   1a: the tablets inscribed with the Mosaic law or the ark containing them  
   1b: a divine decree attested in the Scriptures  2a: firsthand 
   authentication of a fact : EVIDENCE  2b: an outward sign : SYMBOL  2c: a 
   solemn declaration usu. made orally by a witness under oath in respon se to 
   interrogation by a lawyer or authorized public official 3a: an open 
   acknowledgement : PROFESSION  3b: a public profession of religious 
   experience