testification

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin testificātiō. Compare Old French testification. See testify.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌtɛstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Noun

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testification (plural testifications)

  1. The act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence.
    Synonym: testament
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      a direct testification of our homage to him [God]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for testification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)