testament
noun
[ ˈtɛstəm(ə)nt ]
• a person's will, especially the part relating to personal property.
• "father's will and testament"
• something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality.
• "growing attendance figures are a testament to the event's popularity"
Similar:
testimony,
witness,
evidence,
proof,
attestation,
demonstration,
indication,
exemplification,
monument,
tribute,
• (in biblical use) a covenant or dispensation.
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin testamentum ‘a will’ (from testari ‘testify’), in Christian Latin also translating Greek diathēkē ‘covenant’.
