testimony

sostantivo

1. 1

   Statements made by a witness in court.

   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.”

2. 2

   An account of first-hand experience.

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

3. 3

   In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.

4. 4

   Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

   This new win is testimony to the tactical skill of their coach.

   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.

   We may never know the entire history of Atlantis. What little remains at the bottom of the ocean stands in mute testimony to a race of proud and naughty people, their majestic creations now home to fish and barnacles and octopuses.

   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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testimonies