"Testimonial" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Besides its ordinary meaning of a written recommendation to character, ''testimonial” has a speclal mean* lng, under SL 39 Eliz. c. 17, { 3, passed in 1597, under which it signified a certificate under the hand of a justice of the peace, testifying the place and time when and where a soldier or mariner landed, and the place of his dwelling or birth, unto which he was to pass, and a convenient time limited for hie passage. Every idle and wandering soldier or mariner not having such a testimonial, or willfully exceeding for above fourteen days the time limited thereby, or forging or coun-terfelting such testimonial, was to suffer death as a felon, wlthout benefit of clergy. This act was repealed, In 1812, by SL 52 Geo. III. c. 31. Mozley & whitley
Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as
a token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered.
Relating to, or containing, testimony.
A writing or certificate which bears testimony in
favor of one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the value
of a thing.
I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.
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This morning I felt that today was going to be my lucky day. I got up at seven, had seven dollars in my pocket, there were seven of us at lunch and there were seven horses in the seven o'clock race - so I backed the seventh. Did it win?No, it came seventh.
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