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testamentation

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act or power of giving by testament, or will.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1760-1765, Edmund Burke, Tracts relative to the Laws against Popery in Ireland By this law the right of testamentation was taken away , which the inferior tenures had always enjoyed ; and all tenures from the 27th Hen. VIII.

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History

Etymology

From testament + -ation.