(tes′tə·mənt) noun
1. The written declaration of one's last will: usually last will and testament. In strictness, a testament differs from a will in that it bequeaths personal property only, but the words are commonly used interchangeably.
2. In Biblical use, a covenant; dispensation. [<F <L testamentum <testari testify <testis a witness]
—tes′ta·men′tal adjective

(tes′tə·mənt) noun
1. One of the two volumes of the Bible, distinguished as the Old and the New Testament.
2. Specifically, a volume containing the New Testament.