testament

Something that serves as tangible proof or evidence.

A statement of belief; a credo.

A usually formal, written directive providing for the disposition of one’s property after death; a will.

Either of the two main divisions of the Bible.

A covenant between humans and God.

In law, a will; a disposition of property or rights, to take effect at death.

A disposition of the rights of two parties, defining their mutual relation, and the rights conceded by one to the other; a covenant, especially between God and his people.

Hence A dispensation: used especially of the Mosaic or old dispensation and of the Christian or new.

[capitalized] A collection of books containing the history and doctrines of each of these dispensations, and known severally as the Old Testament and the New Testament.

A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.