Testament

noun
1.
Law.

a will, especially one that relates to the disposition of one’s personal property.
will2 (def 8).

2.
either of the two major portions of the Bible: the Mosaic or old covenant or dispensation, or the Christian or new covenant or dispensation.
3.
(initial capital letter) the New Testament, as distinct from the Old Testament.
4.
(initial capital letter) a copy of the New Testament.
5.
a covenant, especially between God and humans.
noun
1.
(law) a will setting out the disposition of personal property (esp in the phrase last will and testament)
2.
a proof, attestation, or tribute: his success was a testament to his skills
3.

a covenant instituted between God and man, esp the covenant of Moses or that instituted by Christ
a copy of either the Old or the New Testament, or of the complete Bible

noun
1.
either of the two main parts of the Bible; the Old Testament or the New Testament
2.
the New Testament as distinct from the Old

occurs twelve times in the New Testament (Heb. 9:15, etc.) as the rendering of the Gr. diatheke, which is twenty times rendered “covenant” in the Authorized Version, and always so in the Revised Version. The Vulgate translates incorrectly by testamentum, whence the names “Old” and “New Testament,” by which we now designate the two sections into which the Bible is divided. (See BIBLE.)