Both Uses of
testament
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- He was in dreadful earnest and made me swear, with my hands on the Testament, that whatever happened I would always be true to him.†
Chpt 3 *
- Hence those vows of fidelity exacted upon a Testament, and hence also the allusions to a possibility of something happening on the very morning of the wedding.†
Chpt 3
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