Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A statement in support of a particular truth, fact, or claim.
- n. A written affirmation of another's character or worth; a personal recommendation.
- n. Something given in appreciation of a person's service or achievement; a tribute.
- adj. Relating to or constituting a testimony or testimonial: testimonial statements; a testimonial dinner.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Relating to or containing testimony.
- n. A will; a testament.
- n. A certificate; a warrant.
- n. A mark; token; evidence; proof.
- n. A statement; a declaration; testimony.
- n. A writing certifying to one's character, conduct, or qualifications; a certificate of worth, attainment, excellence, value, genuineness, etc.
- n. A tangible expression of respect, esteem, admiration, appreciation or acknowledgment of services, or the like.
Wiktionary
- n. A statement, especially one given under oath; testimony
- n. A written recommendation of someone's worth or character
- n. A tribute given in appreciation of someone's service etc.
- n. soccer A match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A writing or certificate which bears testimony in favor of one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the value of a thing.
- n. Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered.
- adj. Relating to, or containing, testimony.
WordNet 3.0
- n. something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
- n. something that serves as evidence
- n. something given or done as an expression of esteem
- adj. expressing admiration or appreciation
- adj. of or relating to or constituting testimony
Etymologies
- From French testimonial, from Late Latin testimonialis ("of or pertaining to testimony"), from Latin testimonium ("testimony"); see testimony. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French, of evidence, from Late Latin testimōniālis, of evidence, from Latin testimōnium, testimony; see testimony. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In fact, with my first guide, Affiliate Project X, I gave away a live $200 a day income stream for free (one subscriber told me she quit her job off this free method - now that's what I call a testimonial).”
“Just a quick testimonial from the last bootcamp Leo had.”
“Another red flag: A testimonial from a "working mom" claiming to be supplementing her income while working from home.”
“Northern Rock also got a glowing testimonial from the Governor of the Bank of England, who is quoted at some length.”
“Here's a testimonial from a guy who suffered, alone for years before we intervened:”
“First off, I have not read one testimonial from a crab boat captain, about “how much a deck hand makes.””
“Flickr gets a lovely impromptu testimonial from a member, so I trot along to read it, and get the URL to hook it up on ludicorp. com.”
“Update Two: aktiv1 shares a link to this very funny testimonial from a female Dutch anthropologist who discusses what it was like to be the subject of an earlier MRI-sex-photography project.”
“Brokeback Mountain read a testimonial from a German Muslim, describing how he was snatched in Macedonia before being sent away for months of rough questioning in Afghanistan.”
“That's because the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination bars the government from compelling an individual to divulge any information or engage in any action considered to be "testimonial"-that is, predicated on potentially incriminating knowledge contained solely within the suspect's mind.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘testimonial’.
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Words contained in the screenplay of Wizard of Oz, 1939 film.
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The words are tagged for grade-levelpusillanimous, genuflect, cataclysmic, vernacular, peasantry, aver, caliginous, tedious, advent, careworn, bovine, commodity and 34 more...
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for testimonial.

dbekeny WIZARD
...back where I come from there are men who
do nothing all day but good deeds. They
are called phil...er -- er -- phil -- er,
yes...good-deed-doers. And their hearts
are no bigger than yours. But! They have
one thing you haven't got! A testimonial
Jun 11, 2010