testimoniumn.
/tɛstɪˈməʊnɪəm/ 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 n.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations > certificates or diplomas
testimonium1692
testamur1840
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > recommendation > [noun] > letter of recommendation
letter of recommendation1457
testimonial1571
recommendatory letter1592
recommendation1676
testimonium1692
testamur1840
1692 J. Swift in Earl Orrery Remarks (1752) 11 I am still to thank you for your care in my Testimonium.
1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 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.
1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 13. (1754) 66 Punishing under-graduates, or disposing of fellowships, degrees, and testimoniums.
1799 C. 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.
1903 Times 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 n., teste n.2
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society > law > legal document > [noun] > paragraph or clause > testing clause
teste1611
test1709
testing clause1765
testatum1844
witnessing part1844
testimonium1852
1852 Act 15 & 16 Victoria c. 24 §1 The words of the testimonium clause or of the clause of attestation.
1905 Law Soc. Gaz. Dec. 16 Blanks had been left in the testimonium for the day and the month.
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