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‖ testimonium|tɛstɪˈməʊnɪəm|
[L., f. testi-s a witness + -mōnium: see -mony.]
1. A letter of recommendation given to a candidate for holy orders testifying to his piety and learning; also, a certificate of proficiency given by a university, college, professor, etc.: = testamur.
1692Swift in Earl Orrery Remarks (1752) 11, I am still to thank you for your care in my Testimonium. 1705Hearne Collect. 21 Aug. (O.H.S.) I. 32 Dr. Mill sent to me a Testimonium to be sign'd for Cyprian & Paul Appia, Vaudois, that they may be admitted into H. Orders. 1721Amherst Terræ Fil. No. 13. (1754) 66 Punishing under-graduates, or disposing of fellowships, degrees, and testimoniums. 1799C. Winter in Jay Mem. & Lett. (1843) 49 Mr. Whitefield desired me to procure him a testimonium of myself from different places whither I had gone. 1903Times 24 Oct. 10/1 In 1860, a year after he became B.A., he obtained his testimonium in the divinity school.
2. Law. That concluding part of a document, usually commencing with the words ‘In witness whereof’, which states the manner of its execution; also testimonium clause. Cf. testatum, teste2.
1852Act 15 & 16 Vict. c. 24 §1 The words of the testimonium clause or of the clause of attestation. 1905Law Soc. Gaz. Dec. 16 Blanks had been left in the testimonium for the day and the month. |