meaning of testaments

1. A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.
2.
One of the two distinct revelations of Gods purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.
3.
a profession of belief; "he stated his political ">testament"


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