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testification Now rare.|ˌtɛstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[a. obs. F. testificacion (1400 in Godef.), or ad. L. testificātiōn-em, n. of action f. testificārī to testify.]
The action or an act of testifying; the testimony borne; a fact or object (as a document, etc.) serving as evidence or proof.
c1450Cov. Myst. vii. (1841) 69 Wyttnessynge here, be trew testyficacion, That maydenys childe xal be prince of pes. 1593R. Bancroft Daung. Posit. i. iii. 10 A testification was made of their intentes. 1633Sanderson Serm. (1681) II. 30 Honour..is an acknowledgment or a testification of some excellency or other in the person honoured, by some reverence or observance answerable thereunto. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 42 That he shall bring..Margaret Sampell's testification that he is her hired servant. 1671J. Flavel Fount. Life xi, Thankofferings, in Testification of Homage, Duty and Service. 1718Hickes & Nelson J. Kettlewell ii. xxxii. 139 For the perpetual Testification whereof there was an Instrument drawn up. 1865G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming ix, The thin blue-and-pink paper, and the foreign postmarks—testifications to Dahlia's journey. |