Meaning of testimony | Babel Free

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1. Statements made by a witness in court
2. Statements made by a witness in court.
   countable, uncountable
3. Evidence given under oath by a person, especially statements made by a witness in court.
4. An account of first-hand experience
5. An account of first-hand experience.
   countable, uncountable
6. the statement(s) made by a person or people who testify in a law-court; evidence. The jury listened to his testimony. getuienis شَهادَه свидетелски показания testemunho svědectví die Aussage vidneudsagn μαρτυρία, κατάθεσηtestimonio tunnistus شهادت todistajanlausunto témoignageעדות प्रमाण svjedočanstvo (tanú)vallomás kesaksian vitnisburður testimonianza 証言 증언 parodymas, liudijimas liecība (tiesā) testimoni getuigenisvitneforklaring; beviszeznanietestemunho mărturie свидетельские показания sved...
7. In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony
8. In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.
   countable, uncountable
9. a (written) statement saying what one knows about a person's character, abilities etc. When applying for a job, one usually needs a testimonial from one's last employer. getuigskrif شَهادَة حُسْن سُلوك препоръка carta de recomendação posudek das Zeugnis anbefaling πιστοποιητικό ευδόκιμης υπηρεσίας, γραπτή βεβαίωση, συστατική επιστολήrecomendación iseloomustus, soovitus توصیه نامه työtodistus recommandation כְּתַב הַמלָצָה प्रमाण-पत्र potvrda, svjedodžba ajánlólevél pernyataan vitnisburður, me...
   etc
10. Witness; evidence; proof of some fact
11. Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
    countable, uncountable
12. A declaration by a witness under oath, as that given before a court or deliberative body.
13. Evidence in support of a fact or assertion; proof.
14. A public declaration regarding a religious experience.
15. In the Bible, the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
16. a declaration of truth or fact
17. (Law) law evidence given by a witness, esp orally in court under oath or affirmation
    law
18. evidence testifying to something: her success was a testimony to her good luck.

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Examples

“The Missouri prosecutors' case against Clemons, based partly on incriminating testimony given by his co-defendants, was that Clemons was part of a group of four youths who accosted the sisters on the Chain of Rocks Bridge one dark night in April 1991.”

““The suspected cause of the death is believed to be the consumption of tainted alcoholic beverages,” KPL said. “Officials are in the process of collecting detailed information, evidence, and witness testimonies and are expected to release an official statement soon.””

“[Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne / Universal reproach.”

“And whoſoeuer ſhall not receiue you, noꝛ heare you, when yee depart thence, *ſhake off the duſt vnder your feet, foꝛ a teſtimonie against them: Uerely I ſay vnto you, it ſhalbe moꝛe tolerable for Sodom and Gomoꝛrha in the day of iudgement, then foꝛ that citie.”

“Of course, the testimony of the early writers on orthography and pronunciation on the question under discussion is not always easy to interpret, especially when they offer comparisons with foreign sounds or when they give descriptions derived from other sources or from classical models.”

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