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‖ testamur|tɛˈsteɪmə(r)|
[From the L. word testāmur ‘we testify’, used in the document, from testārī to testify.]
In University use: A certificate from the examiners that a candidate has satisfied them. Also, A certificate generally.
1840J. T. J. Hewlett P. Priggins xvii, Balamson and Drinkwater..though it certainly was a ‘shave’, got their testamurs. 1860J. Bateman D. Wilson I. vii. 115 The result was a refusal to grant the required testamur. 1863W. C. Dowding Life & Corr. G. Calixtus xxvii. 269 A formal testamur from the leading Lutherans at the Congress. 1897Escott Soc. Transf. Vict. Age xiv. 182 In the place of the ‘Smalls’ testamur..the special student was tested closely. |