† testamentiferousadj.
Obsolete.
Bearing the covenant: applied to the Jewish ‘ark of the covenant’.Apparently an isolated use.
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1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 92 And whither went wandering this concave testamentiferous ark?
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adj.1772- to hold true
- to hold tug
- to hold under awe
- to hold under one's abandon
- to hold under one's girdle
- to hold up
- to hold up by the chin
- to hold up oil
- to hold up one's head
- to hold up one's nose
- to hold up the parade
- to hold wag
- to hold waken
- to hold ward
- to hold way
- to hold weight with
- to hold with
- to hold with arch for
- to hold with arch of
- to hold with arch on
- to hold with his bill in the water
- to hold with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- to hold with the hare and run with the hounds
- to hold, clepe, bind, call to warrantise
- to hold, have scorn at, of