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testamentation

testamentation noun: the act or power of giving by testament, or will.

Noun

testamentation (uncountable)

  1. The act or power of giving by testament, or will.
    • 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.1760-1765, Edmund Burke, Tracts relative to the Laws against Popery in Ireland

Origin of testamentation

From testament + -ation.

Questions about testamentation

What does testamentation mean?
Testamentation means the act or power of giving by testament, or will.
What part of speech is testamentation?
Testamentation is a noun.

Words near testamentation in the dictionary

  1. testamentally
  2. testamentarily
  3. testamentary
  4. testamentary guardian
  5. testamentary guardians
  6. testamentation
  7. testamented
  8. testamenti factio
  9. testamenting
  10. testamentor
  11. testamentors

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