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noun
- (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch.
- (rare) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain (with reference to Matthew 13:25: "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way." The King James Version (Authorized))
- 1985, I saw as I thought an uncle and guardian who has led a sober, industrious and Christian life and finds himself obliged to look on the tares of folly in his own close kin. " John Fowles, A Maggot
verb (tar, ing)
- To allow for the tare; to set a counter or meter to a valid zero (usually weight) value, discounting the weight of the empty container.
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noun
- (Law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her estate and effects after his or her death.
- :Note: This is otherwise called a will, and sometimes a last will and testament. A testament, to be valid, must be made by a person of sound mind; and it must be executed and published in due form of law. A man or woman, in certain cases, may make a valid will by word of mouth only. See {Nuncupative will}, under {Nuncupative}.
- One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.
- He is the mediator of the new testament . . . for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament. --Heb. IX. 15.
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noun (plural: testimonies)
- Statements made by a witness in court.
- An account of first-hand experience.
- In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion.
| | Thamar |
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proper noun
- (alternative spelling of, Tamar)
| | Thomas |
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noun
- (derogatory) An infidel (used by Christians in reference to the Apostle mentioned above not believing that Jesus had risen from the dead).
proper noun
- (given name, male) of biblical origin.
- A surname derived from the given name.
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proper noun (book of the Bible, Timothy)
- (biblical) Books in the New Testament of the Bible (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy), epistles to Timothy.
- (biblical character) A companion of Paul.
- (given name, male) of biblical origin, also borne by early Christian saints.
| | Titus |
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proper noun (book of the Bible, Epistle to Titus)
- (given name, male)
- (biblical) A book in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.
| | Tobias |
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proper noun
- The main character in the apocryphal Book of Tobit.
- (given name, male).
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