testament

• This testament was made seven years before his death, and was probably soon cancelled Footnote 87: Among the saints to whose custody he bequeaths his soul, his favourite and patron, John of Bridlington, finds a place. —  Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth
• He had, however, on the 30th June preceding, "granted of especial grace to his dearest mother, Joanna, Queen of England, licence to live, during his absence, in his castles of Windsor, Wallingford, Berkhamstead, and Hertford The subscription to this testament is couched in these words: "This is my last Will subscribed with my own hand. —  Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth
• So short a testament was soon read; and his eye rested intently on the paper until it had taken in the last word. —  The Two Admirals
• Since the great revolt of the Celts against the first and second testament, at the close of the last century, France has been alternately in a state of collapse or convulsion. —  Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography
• 3: A testament is the disposal of a heritage. —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition

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