Both Uses of
testament
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- "Yes," said Joseph, "and I was sitting at home, looking for Ephesians, and says I to myself, "Tis nothing but Corinthians and Thessalonians in this danged Testament,' when who should come in but Henery there: 'Joseph,' he said, 'the sheep have blasted theirselves—'†
Chpt 19-21
- 'tis a horrible testament mind ye, which you say and seal with your blood-stone, and the prophet Matthew tells us that on whomsoever it shall fall it will grind him to powder.†
Chpt 31-33 *
Definition:
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(testament) evidence for something
or:
a statement of belief
or:
a will (written instructions expressing how somebody wants their property distributed after they die)
or:
either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible