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testamentary

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: T EH2 S T AH0 M EH1 N T ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

of or pertaining to a will or testament

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: law

Examples

  • Although such letter shall not be interpreted as a testamentary writing, I request that my beneficiaries and executor carry out the requests made in the letter.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English testamentarie, from Anglo-Norman testamentarie and Latin testāmentārius (“of or belonging to wills”).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: завещан (zaveštan) — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • Dutch: testamentair — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • French: testamentaire — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • Ido: testamentala — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • Irish: tiomnach — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • Italian: testamentario — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • Ladin: testamenter — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • Manx: çhymnagh — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • Polish: testamentowy — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • Polish: testamentalny — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • Portuguese: testamentário — of or pertaining to a will or testament
  • Spanish: testamentario — of or pertaining to a will or testament